140D0423P0197_JOFOC_1.pdf
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- 140D0423Q0592
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This document contains a justification for a sole source contract award and information on the related federal opportunity. The contract is for an RFID inventory tracking system with maintenance and support from the Department of the Interior Departmental Offices Interior Business Center. The justification cites that the selected vendor is the only one that can provide RFID tags for both medical and non-medical inventory items on the same system. A sources sought notice was posted on May 12th and June 23rd requesting Indian Economic Enterprises and small businesses respectively that could meet this requirement, but no responses were qualified to provide a system for both medical and non-medical items as required. As a result, a Buy Indian Act waiver will be processed and the contract will be sole sourced to the vendor identified by the subject matter expert. The vendor, inLogic, was verified as a small business.
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140D0423Q0592
RFID Inventory Management Systems for use on Medical Equipment, are a specialty items with the RFID community. The quantity of vendors who can provide RFID tags for Medical and non-Medical items is very limited. Some vendors provide tags for medical only and other vendors provide tags for non-medical only. The Vendor Selected is the only one that we could find that provided tags for Medical and Non-Medical items on the same inventory management system.
6. Market Research.
HHSAR 326.602-2 states “this subpart applies to all acquisitions above the micro-purchase threshold, including simplified acquisitions, made by IHS, and any HHS operating divisions or agency outside of IHS conducting acquisitions on behalf of IHS.”
In consideration that AQD is conducting this acquisition on behalf of an organization within IHS the Buy Indian Act applies
Search Results from the Tableau database using the NAICS code 334118, 58 Indian Owned Small businesses were identified.
Sources Sought Notice was posted on SAM.gov on May 12, with Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) responses due May 23, 2023. The Sources Sought Notice specifically requested firms with Medical and Non-Medical RFID Inventory Systems that are also IEEs.
No responses from any IEE were received, three responses were received. As a special note, none of the companies who responded showed documentation of an RFID system for Medical and Non-Medical as required in the Notice.
Sources Sought Notice was posted on SAM.gov on June 23, 2023 for Small Businesses responses due June 30, 2023. The Notice included the same language requesting firms with Medical and Non-Medical RFID Inventory Systems. Two responses were received, however, the two contractors would be teaming for this requirement and they recommended a different RFID system than the one the Client submitted with their documentation. The documentation did not state if this system could accommodate Medical and Non-Medical items.
Based on the lack of IEE responses, a Buy Indian Act Waiver will be processed.
Subsequently, this acquisition will be Sole Source to the Vendor identified by the SME from
NNMC.
inLogic is a Small Busines, verified through SBA DSBS Search.
140D0423Q0592
Under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), the undersigned hereby determines the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source is reasonably available as supported herein.
//signature on file// Contracting Officer
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