FAR 13 Single Source Justification Less Than SAT (Redacted).pdf

This document is a Single Source/Brand Name Justification for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The document requests preventative maintenance services for a Bioflo 610 bioreactor located at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL). Eppendorf North America, Inc. is the sole recommended source due to being the exclusive manufacturer with proprietary training, expertise, and authorized field engineers. The service includes all parts, labor, travel, overhaul of bearing housing, service calls, and preventive maintenance visits, with the requirement that the bioreactor be in good working order to produce raw material used in worldwide reagent production. The justification is signed by a Contracting Officer and follows Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1) for simplified acquisitions, indicating this is a direct procurement from a single source.