Sole_Source_Justification_Redacted.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENTS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

(The use of this template is optional and solely for the convenience of the Contracting Officer)

1. Describe the requirement, as well as the total estimated dollar value. Please note that the requirement is the minimum acceptable specification or capability, and is not necessarily the best in the industry. Please note whether any additional follow-on work is anticipated in response to the current proposed effort.

2. List the proposed vendor and contact information.

3. Describe why the proposed vendor is the only vendor from which the requirement can be obtained. Examples of acceptable justifications include but are not limited to: sole manufacturer and seller, adherence to warranty provisions, urgency, etc. If other vendors can provide similar products or services, describe why they cannot meet our particular requirement. Attach supporting market research documentation.

4. Certification:

I hereby certify that the information provided above is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Technical Representative Date

5. CO Certification:

I hereby determine that the circumstances of this procurement action deem only one source reasonably available. Also, the quoted price is determined to be fair and reasonable as documented on the SAP e-File Checklist and Award Summary.

Contracting Officer Date

The request is for 2 QIAcube Connect instruments.

The total estimated dollar value is which includes 2 QIAcube Connect instruments, a tablet, and installation.

The proposed vendor is Qiagen, Inc. 19300 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874

These two DNA/RNA purification workstations, the QIAcube Connects, will improve our quality assurance by the inclusion of a built-in UV LED for decontamination and additional steps in the automated protocol to prevent sample crossover. Qiagen is the sole manufacturer and seller of the QIAcube Connect instruments. These QIAcube Connect instruments are the only RNA/DNA workstations that use silica resin technology for nucleic acid extraction AND deliver highly pure nucleic acid preps in volumes great than 100 uL. These two capabilities are necessary for our research . . . detecting and quantifying low concentrations of a suite of microbes in environmental samples for molecular source tracking and pathogen occurrence studies. The larger nucleic acid preps (>100 uL) allow for multiple microbial targets to be assayed from a single extraction which in turn increases the efficiency of our workflow.

8/16/19

Digitally signed by JOSHUA DOBEREINER Date: 2019.09.10 10:05:30 -05'00' 9/10/19