A16_SSJ_40611501.pdf
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FWS Form 3-0034 (Rev. 10/2020) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1. Description of Need
3. Other Capable Sources
2. Market Research Conducted
Pursuant to FAR subpart 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and (ii), for purchases not exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT), Contracting Officers may solicit from only one source if the circumstances deem only one source is reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization).
Instructions: The information in the text boxes are provided as sample language or to indicate a needed fill-in. Sample language should be removed from the final document. All text boxes require information and shall not be left blank.
SINGLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION
(UNDER SAT)
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
Acquisitions Operations
4. Barriers to Competition
5. Contractor's Qualifications
6. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost
7. Recommendation and Certification by Program Office
Based on the above justification, I recommend this acquisition to be conducted using sole source acquisition procedures. I hereby certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Program / Project Officer
8. Contracting Officer Certification and Approval: Under SAT
Based on the above justification, I hereby certify and approve the use of sole source acquisition procedures under FAR Part 13 for this purchase.
Contracting Officer
| Text3: We did reach out to Halltech Osmos to obtain a quote for their product as well as whether their sampler could work with self-desiccating filters (as mentioned above, it cannot without additional modification). The metadata collected by the Osmos sampler would also not be in the correct format for data analysis in the metabarcoding program. | |
| Text2: Market research was conducted by NEFC and the Smith-Root eDNA sampler was identified as meeting the needs of the EDM metabarcoding program. Portable in-field eDNA samplers are still relatively new and there are limited options available. The only other similar sampler is the Canadian Halltech Osmos eDNA sampler, but it is more expensive and requires an additional adapter to utilize the self-desiccating filters used within the EDM metabarcoding program. In addition, because the SOPs are standardized throughout R3 and R5, the Osmos sampler would require additional investigation to determine whether it could meet the needs of the program. This additional investigation would take considerable time and may result in no additional efficiencies gained. In addition, the metadata collected would not match the format of the data pipeline already in place for the metabarcoding program. | |
| Text1: In Region 3, Whitney Genetics Lab (WGL) is collaborating on a metabarcoding Early Detection and Monitoring (EDM) project with the USFWS Northeast Fishery Center (NEFC, Region 5). The program is being developed to aid FWCOs as a more efficient part of their monitoring efforts to aid in the early detection of AIS. This work is critical to the mission of the USFWS FAC program to Manage Aquatic Invasive Species (USFWS FAC Strategic Goal #3). WGL and FWCO's follow SOPs developed by NEFC, and these are standardized across the program. The field SOP requires the use of a Smith-Root eDNA sampler because of the ability to utilize more robust self-desiccating filter packs that greatly reduce the risk of contamination. These samplers are in current use by multiple FWCO's throughout R3, and WGL was funded to purchase two additional eDNA samplers to support this program. | |
| Text4: If there were a company that could meet the specifications outlined above, we would still need to perform additional validations, compare results against current performance, and would then need to perform additional cross-platform validations, as well as build a bioinformatics pipeline to deal with the differences in metadata formatting. This additional testing would significantly delay results of this mission critical project. | |
| Text6: We have worked directly with our sales representative at Smith-Root to obtain eDNA samplers at a fair and reasonable cost. While the Osmos eDNA sampler would not comply with our standardized protocols, we obtained a quote for their sampler, which was more expensive than the quote provided by Smith-Root. | |
| 2023-02-23T14:28:43-0600 | |
| PATRICK DEHAAN |
| 2023-03-07T18:45:48-0500 | |
| DEBORAH FLORIO |
Text5: Many R3 FWCO's and the NEFC have previously procured these eDNA samplers from Smith-Root. Smith-Root is the sole-supplier of their eDNA samplers.
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