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Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition at or Below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

Project Title: Cell Culture Vi-Cell Blu Cell Viability Analyzer

I. Identification of the agency and contracting activity

II. Description of the project, and supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs

A. Project Background

a) Cell culture’s main goal is to provide quality cells to the IRF.

b) We currently have an instrument that provides the number of cells in suspension. This allows the cell culture technician to take that number and calculate the volume of the cell suspension to fulfil a request from IRF scientist. The current instrument’s variable range is 25% this makes it very difficult for the cell culture technician to accurately provide the right number of cells needed to fulfill a request. To ensure precision and accuracy an instrument with a lesser variable range is needed.

B. Description of the supplies or services to be purchased

a) Cell culture instrument (cell counter) must be able to

· Variability within 10% for performance

· Automate the addition of trypan blue dye

· Small laboratory footprint

· Cell size analysis range of 2-60µm III. Identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition

☒ 41 USC 1901(a)(1) and FAR Part 13.103-1(b): Only one responsible source

IV. Demonstration that the proposed contractor(s) unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited.

A. Name and address of the proposed contractor Beckman Coulter, Inc.

5355 West 76th Street Indianapolis, IN 46268

B. Describe why only the requested supply/service will meet the government’s needs

C. Describe why only the proposed contractor is capable of providing the requested supply/service The Vi-Cell Blue Cell Viability Analyzer is manufactured by Beckman Coulter. There are limited distributors that carry the instrument.