Sole Source and Name Brand Justification - GE CASE V7 Stress Test System - STL - signed - redacted.pdf

Revision: 02 Effective Date: 12/30/2025 Page 1 of 2 Acquisition ID# 36C255-26-AP-2863

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification for Single Source Awards IAW FAR 13.106-1 For

Over Micro-Purchase Threshold but Not Exceeding the SAT

Acquisition Plan Action ID: 36C255-26-AP-2863

1. Contracting Activity:

Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 15, Network Contracting Office 15, in support of the John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

Purchase Request Number: 657-26-3-8543-0255

2. Brief Description of Supplies/ Services required and the intended use/Estimated Amount:

The General Electric CASE V7 Stress Test System will be used by the St. Louis VA Cardiology Department to evaluate cardiac function and assess the risk of coronary artery disease while a patient is undergoing physical exercise.

This product is manufactured by GE HealthCare.

Estimated for the purchase of two systems.

3. Unique characteristics that limit availability to only one source, with the reason no other supplies or services can be used:

a. Sole source authority. This acquisition is covered under SBA’s Non-manufacturer rule class waiver list. NMR Waiver #72 Fed. Reg. 72433 dated 12/20/2007 is applicable for this acquisition, using NAICS 334510.

The Veterans First Contracting Program under 38 U.S.C. 8127(b) - Use of Noncompetitive Procedures for Certain Small Contracts, applies to this acquisition.

Per VAAR 819.7008, Sole source awards to verified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, this acquisition can be awarded to an SDVOSB reseller.

b. Name brand justification. This is a name brand justification in support of FAR 11.105, Items Particular to One Manufacturer.

The Saint Louis VA Medical Center Cardiology Department currently operates under existing General Electric CASE units. Replacement devices must be the same

Revision: 02 Effective Date: 12/30/2025 Page 2 of 2 Acquisition ID# 36C255-26-AP-2863 system to ensure compatibility with the facility’s current information systems / infrastructure. GE's CASE V7 Stress Test System is highly robust, but can experience compatibility and integration issues. These primarily stem from electromagnetic interference, third-party electronic health record (EHR) interoperability, OS-level software crashes, and physical hardware port mismatches.

Acquisition of other systems would diminish overall functionalilty to capture and analyzes diagnostic data in real time to aid physicians.

4. Description of market research conducted and results or statement why it was not conducted:

Market research included querying government-wide and commercial databases to include SBA DSBS, SAM.gov, GSA Advantage, GSA eLibrary, VA SCMS, VA NAC CCST, AddsUp, and google.com. Only GE Healthcare and TrillaMed, LLC were identified as authorized distributors of the General Electric CASE V7 Stress Test System. Other Small Business OEM-authorized distributors may be possible, but are currently unidentified.

, Cardiology Business Manager for GE Healthcare, was contacted to determine what authorized distributors were available for the requested equipment.

He stated that GE Healthcare was partnered with SDVOSB TrillaMed, LLC.

5. Contracting Officer's Certification:

Purchase is approved in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b). I certify that the foregoing justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

07/16/2026

Matthew Curl Date Contracting Officer