Acquisition Alert 2020 08 Final.pdf
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This document provides a class justification and approval for other than full and open competition for Department of Health and Human Services contracting offices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The class J&A authorizes HHS offices to award emergency contracts on a sole source basis to address urgent needs under the pandemic. It applies to all COVID-19 related requirements and must be included in award files along with a log of all actions.
One contract awarded under this authority is for GE Healthcare ventilators. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response awarded contract number 75A50120C00086 on April 14, 2020 for an unknown quantity of GE Healthcare Model A-E Ventilators at an unknown price to an unknown vendor. The ventilators were rated as a priority order under the Defense Production Act to aid COVID-19 recovery efforts.
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ACQUISITION ALERT 2020-08
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Class Justification for
Other Than Full and Open Competition COVID-19 Response
TO:
FROM:
Heads of Contracting Activity
David R. Dasher //s//
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Acquisitions and Senior Procurement Executive
SUBJECT: HHS Class Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition
COVID-19 Response
DATE OF ISSUANCE: March 21, 2020
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
Purpose: The purpose of this acquisition alert is to provide all Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) acquisition offices with a class Justification & Approval (J&A) for emergency contract actions. It is essential for HHS acquisition offices to respond to urgent requests for immediate support in response to the expanding outbreak of COVID-19, which was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020 and a national emergency via Presidential
Proclamation on March 13, 2020.
Applicability: The guidance set forth in this Acquisition Alert is applicable to all COVID-19 requirements.
Roles and Responsibilities: It is the HCA’s responsibility to ensure the widest distribution of this notice throughout HHS staff and operating divisions and to update any applicable policies and procedures to reflect this guidance. It is further the HCA’s responsibility to record and track all acquisition actions made under the authority of this class J&A.
Guidance: This is a class Justification & Approval (J&A) in accordance with FAR § 6.303-
1(d) and 6.302-2, Unusual and Compelling Urgency, FAR § 8.405-6(a)(1)(A), Limiting
Sources, and FAR § 16.505(b)(2)(i)(A), Exceptions to the Fair Opportunity Process for all contract actions to facilitate the recovery efforts necessary to address the 2019 Novel
Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Requirements that arise and are executed by HHS contracts offices can be processed under the authority of the attached class J&A. A copy of the class J&A must go in the award file for all requirements processed under the authority of this class J&A and each contracting activity must maintain a log of all contract actions awarded under the authority of this class J&A.
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