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Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition:

Brand-Name at or Below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

Project Title: LABCONCO CORP Puricare access and disposable stations

Identification of the agency and contracting activity

Description of the project, and supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated value) A. Type of action: (check the appropriate box):

☒ New requirement ☐ Follow-on

· Name of the previous contractor(s):

· Sequence number, if available 2024676

· Was the initial and any subsequent awards competed? ☐ Yes ☒ No B. AMBIS Sequence number for this requirement: ___2024676_______ C. Total estimated dollar value of the requirement (including options, if applicable):

D. Period of performance, inclusive of options:

E. Project Background The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) RMVB: The Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch provides all laboratory animal related support. This includes animal husbandry, clinical care, animal breeding, animal ordering, shipping and receiving, specialized support to specific research efforts, disease surveillance, maintenance of individual animal records as well as all other essential functions related to laboratory animal based research efforts. The animal research facilities and the Animal Care and the Use Program is fully accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AALAC).

The primary goal of the Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch is to continually improve the level of support for state of the art biomedical research utilizing animal models, thereby ensuring continued benefits to human health while maintaining strict adherence to the principles of animal welfare and humane treatment.

Description of the supplies/services to be purchased: Animal change stations will be used in bldgs. 13 and 32 RML RMVB F. Name of manufacturer, producer, or distributor of each brand name product referenced (and address if not well known):g Manufacturer: LABCONCO CORP

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Kansas City, MO 64132 Identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition (SELECT ONE)

Important Note: The statutory authority listed below will rarely ever be used in NIH. Before selecting this authority, please ensure that you have read and understood the citation and discussed it with the cognizant Contracting Officer.

☐ 41 USC 3304(a)(5) and FAR Part 6.302-5: Authorized or required by statute / Brand Name

Demonstration that the proposed brand name product’s salient characteristics (specific features, qualities and/or the nature of the acquisition) requires use of the authority cited: Animal change stations will be used in bldgs. 13 and 32 RML RMVB. These change stations are needed to use directly with animals within the animal unit when conducting research. These units are replacing older units and in order to maintain continunity, the units must be the same models.