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VHAPG Part 813.106 Simplified Acquisition Procedures: Soliciting from a Single Source Attachment 1: Single Source Justification for MPT up to SAT

Revision: 02 Effective Date: 12/30/2025 Page 1 of 2 Acquisition ID# 36C255-26-AP-3188

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification for Single Source Awards IAW FAR 13.106-1 For

Over Micro-Purchase Threshold but Not Exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

Acquisition Plan Action ID:

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 15, Harry S. Truman

VA Medical Center, 800 Hospital Dr., Columbia, MO 65201

Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 15, 3450 S. 4th St. Leavenworth, KS 66048

Funding:

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

The Truman VA Open Field Blast Core (OFBC) requires acquisition of a Hi-Techniques Synergy P16U-T Data Acquisition System (DAS), hardened transport case, four signal conditioning breakout interfaces, and shipping, totaling $38,099.42.

The system provides sixteen high-speed input channels capable of streaming 500 kS/s per channel and digitizing signals up to 1 MHz bandwidth, supporting voltage, bridge, accelerometer, thermocouple, and infrasound sensor inputs. The OFBC will use the system to expand its blast-exposure data collection capacity for VA-approved traumatic brain injury (TBI) research. The additional DAS will allow connection of new infrasound sensors and additional pressure sensors required for expanded open-field blast studies, ensuring complete multi-aspect blast characterization.

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

The Hi-Techniques Synergy P16U-T system is uniquely required because it must match the existing Synergy systems already in use at the OFBC blast site. The current system operates with fifteen pressure sensors using proprietary Hi-Techniques input modules, signal conditioning interfaces, and data formatting.

Only the Synergy P16U-T provides complete compatibility with these existing modules, cables, connectors, sampling rates, transient memory architecture, and data processing/software workflows. Substituting a different manufacturer would require replacing or reconfiguring the entire existing DAS infrastructure, would break compatibility with currently deployed pressure sensors, and would compromise uniformity and reproducibility of blast-exposure data. For expanded capacity—