newanalyst Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Are Class J&As used that much anymore? In doing a little research, it appears they are not. Wanted to confirm that observation, and if true, ask why they are not used. In the current contracting environment, is it more difficult to get a class J&A approved v. an individual J&A? Thank you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 New, I don't know how much research you've done, but from my experience, the current contracting environment does not make it more difficult to get Class J&A's approved. Sometimes it just makes good business sense to do it on a class basis. I just did a quick search on FBO, and although you can't search specifically for "class" J&A's, they are easy to find if you know what you are looking for. From my experience, they are done to justify procuring from a peculiar manufacturer for weapon systems spare parts/components where the Government lacks sufficient data to break out any of the items. I believe you will find a preponderance of them from what I would term "inventory control point" buying activities. Typically each military service has one or two and the Defense Logistics Agency has three or four large buying activities that predominately procure spare parts. My experience is only DoD. Here's a link to one for 9 years and 1400+ parts....... https://www.fbo.gov/index?tab=documents&tabmode=form&subtab=core&tabid=2645eba1a57e7e0f8c29d10da8f1a0c1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Link only gets you to front page. I don't know the announcement number. I would love to see one, I never have at my Agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Try this: https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=94a8abc4401e19bf2821937146161791 If that doesn't work, try an FBO search for SPM4A2-13-R-0005 in the keyword/solicitation number field (without the dashes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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