Brand Name Justification - 4K Camera Heads_Redacted.pdf

VHAPG Part 813.106 Simplified Acquisition Procedures: Soliciting from a Single Source Attachment 1: Single Source Justification for SAP under the SAT

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification for Brand Name Awards IAW FAR 13.106-1 For

Over Micro-Purchase Threshold but Not Exceeding the SAT ($250K)

Acquisition Plan Action ID:

PR IFCAP 2237:

JOFOC Tracking Number:

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO19), VISN 19, 6162 S Willow Drive, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Organizational Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, 921 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.

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

This is a request for other than full and open competition for the procurement of a new, firm-fixed price contract for seven (7) KARL STORZ Image1 4K Endoscopic Camera Heads (P/N: TH120) in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b).

The estimated value of the contract is .

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

The Oklahoma City VA Medical Center (OKC VAMC) currently uses the KARL STORZ 4K endoscopic camera heads in their operating rooms for procedures that require endoscopy, which include general surgery, vascular, ENT, and urology cases. The camera heads must be compatible and interchangeable with the KARL STORZ video platform currently in use. Only KARL STORZ endoscopic camera heads are compatible and interchangeable with the KARL STORZ endoscopic video systems and their respective camera control units. No other manufacturers camera heads are compatible with the KARL STORZ camera control units. The OKC VAMC currently has 4 camera units, and should another brand be selected, it would require the replacement of

Furthermore, the purchase of this equipment will allow the medical center to expand their procedural volume, increase access, and retain more Veterans within the VHA system instead of sending them out for community care. Only

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

Market Research included a search of Small Business Administration s VetCert & Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS), GSA, FPDS and SAM.gov to identify potential vendors for 4K endoscopic

VHAPG Part 813.106 Simplified Acquisition Procedures: Soliciting from a Single Source Attachment 1: Single Source Justification for SAP under the SAT

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. Since the Small Business Rule of Two cannot be met, the requirement will be solicited unrestricted to allow the SDVOSB the opportunity to quote the requirement in accordance with FAR Part 13.

5. Requirements Certification: I certify that the requirement outlined in this justification is a Bona

Fide Need of the Department of Veterans Affairs and that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in the justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Surgery Staff Assistant Oklahoma City VA Medical Center

6. 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.

Contracting Officer, Supply 1 Network Contracting Office 19