Inactive
Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Notice ID:FA857125Q0021
This is a brand name, commercial requirement. Due to the circumstances described herein, the activity requests authority to acquire Pistol Cordless Nutrunner with accessories such as Battery and Charg...
This is a brand name, commercial requirement. Due to the circumstances described herein, the activity requests authority to acquire Pistol Cordless Nutrunner with accessories such as Battery and Chargers using Other Than Full and Open Competition (OTF&OC) prescribed by / FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). These tools are critical tools used during the F-15 Landing Gear Emergency Operational Checkout. They are used to perform the Tasks Order (TO) outlined in accordance with 1F-15E-2-32JG-00-1. In addition, failure to procure enough tools to support current workload will lead to delays in technicians will not be able to perform TOs required to producing aircrafts. These specific tooling are modified in the unique format needed to do this specific job. It would take an estimated 160 hours to research and find another vendor with this same capability. That would include having that vendor modify the specific tool and bring it out for testing. This process would cost an estimated $10,500 in labor and another $7,000 in research and prototype of the tool to test. Atlas Copco Tools & Assembly LLC is the OEM; do not sell directly to government. In the southeast US. Atlas Copco designed Southern Tool Services, Inc. (STS) as the authorized distribution for sales. Beau Sasser, STS Sales Engineer - South Georgia email stated STS “While we are the authorized distribution sales channel for Atlas Copco in the southeast US, for previous requests we have opted out of quoting the AFB direct as we are not set up to support directly. All quoting activities and sales have been through resellers”; Mid - Georgia Industrial Sales, is the reseller. Other companies do sell similar tooling; however, those tools are not modified for this specific need by the technician's workload on F-15 Landing Gear Emergency Operational Checkout.
