TORQUE SCREW GUNS FOR LANDING GEAR

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.