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FedBizOpps Justification and Approval Notice

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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Justification and Approval Notice Rev. March 2010 A Quantitative Measuring Research 85723 36C25819Q0279 N 541715 NCO 22-Gilbert/Tucson Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System 3601 S. 6th Avenue Tucson, AZ 85737 Michael Williams Contracting Specialist

(520) 792-1450, x2586 michael.williams48@va.gov

FAR 6.302-1

36C25819D0060 49,500.00 09-13-2019

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

11000 KINROSS AVE STE 102

LOS ANGELES

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90095 michael.williams48@va.gov Contract Specialist VHAPM Part 813.106 Simplified Acquisition Procedures: Soliciting from a Single Source Attachment 1: Single Source Justification for SAP under the SAT VHAPM Part 813.106 Page 1 of 2 Original Date: 08/30/17 Revision 01 Eff Date: 04/23/2018

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification for Single Source Awards IAW FAR 13.106-1 For Over Micro-Purchase Threshold but Not Exceeding the SAT ($250K) Acquisition Plan Action ID: 36C258-19-AP-1042

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 22-Gilbert, Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS), PR 501-19-3-340-0171.

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

A base plus four (4) year fixed-price sole-source contract for on-going Analytical Phytochemical Core Quantitative Measuring at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), supporting the Primary Investigator, New Mexico VA Healthcare System’s (NMVAHCS) Dr. Jenny Mao’s on-going VA Merit Project: Combinations of Grape Seed and Milk Thistle Extracts Against Lung Cancer (see attached).

The estimated amount for this requirement is $50,000.00

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

The study on the Effect of Grape Seed and Milk Thistle Extracts Against Lung Cancer is based on continual data collection and analysis of quantitative measurements of complex Phyto (plant) chemicals in biological fluids and samples that require specialized analytical expertise and noncommercial instruments such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Two-dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (2D-NMR), and liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) provided by the Analytical Phytochemical Core at UCLA’s Human Nutrition Research Center under the direction of Dr. Qing-Yi Lu. Since 2013, Dr. Lu has collaborated with Dr.

Mao in providing all the baseline analysis of this project as the co-investigator. Making a mid-study change in service labs removes the baseline that has already been established and would introduce unintended variances in experimental conditions caused by non-standardized equipment and analyzing techniques, compromising overall data quality. Therefore, VA researchers are asking to restrict possible sources to the original Core at UCLA to ensure results from the study are valid from beginning to end.

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

None: This is a sole-source requirement.

5. Contracting Officer's Certification: Purchase is approved in accordance with FAR13.106-1(b). I certify that the foregoing justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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Michael Williams Date MICHAEL D. WILLIAMS 641517 Digitally signed by MICHAEL D. WILLIAMS 641517 Date: 2019.05.24 09:37:43 -07'00' VHAPM Part 813.106 Simplified Acquisition Procedures: Soliciting from a Single Source Attachment 1: Single Source Justification for SAP under the SAT VHAPM Part 813.106 Page 2 of 2 Original Date: 08/30/17 Revision 01 Eff Date: 04/23/2018 Contract Specialist Approved by:

Thomas Robinson Date Contracting Officer Thomas H. Robinson 1559821 Digitally signed by Thomas H. Robinson 1559821 Date: 2019.06.03 15:26:33 -07'00'