Brand Name Justification.pdf

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JUSTIFICATION TO RESTRICT COMPETITION (below SAT) Pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.102, for acquisitions valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) using RFO 12.201-1 Simplified Procedures for commercial products and services, the Contracting Officer (CO) hereby documents the decision that only one source is reasonably available.

1. Agency and Contracting Activity.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, Navajo Area Kayenta Service Unit

2. Name and Address of Only Source.

Brand Name:

ZOLL Medical Corporation 269 Mill Road Chelmsford, MA 01824-4105

3. Description of Supplies/Services and Estimated Cost.

***THIS ONLY JUSTIFIES THE BRAND NAME DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS.***

The Kayenta Health Center General Services Department is requesting for eleven (11) new ZOLL Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to replace units currently in service, which are nearing expiration. The delivery will be 30 days from date of award.

4. Description of Circumstances, including why only one source is reasonably available.

IAW RFO 11.204(a)(1), specific characteristics of the ZOLL AEDs that limit the availability to only one source is their reliability and operational readiness. Only this suggested source can furnish the requirements, to the exclusion of other sources, because the Kayenta Health Center has dealt with different issues regarding different brands previously purchased. The electrode pads for the existing AEDs at Kayenta Health Center are nearing expiration, they have been on backorder since March 2025 - the current brand being used has failed to deliver replacements in a timely manner. Not only have there been issues with delivery schedule, the department has dealt with recall issues with another AED brand and they had to be pulled from service because their recalls have not been resolved. The department has reached out to other service units about the brand of AEDs currently being used in their facilities, and that happens to be ZOLL. Other services units have reported they have had no issues with ZOLL, therefore to ensure uninterrupted services the department has requested ZOLL AED devices to be purchased.

Attachment B – Brand Name Justification

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5. Description of Market Research.

A Sources Sought Notice was posted on SAM.gov regarding AEDs from November 7, 2025 to November 12, 2025. During this time, all five (5) responses from were Indian Owned Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) vendors. Two (2) of the five (5) provided information along with their capability statement that they are authorized distributors of

ZOLL.

SIGNATURES

PREPARED BY:

Name: Charity Yellowhair-Gilbert, CS

Date: 12/16/2025

CONTRACTING OFFICER (CO) (RFO 6.104-1(a)(12)):

Name: Jerlyn Begay, SCS

Date:

X

X

CHARITY C.

YELLOWHAIR-

GILBERT -S

Digitally signed by CHARITY

C. YELLOWHAIR-GILBERT -S

Date: 2025.12.16 18:32:41 -07'00'

Jerlyn R.

Begay -S

Digitally signed by Jerlyn R. Begay -S Date: 2025.12.17 08:12:17 -07'00'

12/17/25