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SOLE or LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION Determination Memorandum for Acquisitions Over $3,500 but not Exceeding the SAT

All solicitations and orders shall be competed unless a justification to limit competition using an exception in FAR Part 8, 13, or 16, as applicable to the acquisition, is approved by the Contracting Officer. When the customer describes an item or service, which limits the availability to one source or a particular brand name, there must be a technical explanation describing why only that specific one will meet the government’s requirement. Statements must be detailed and identify the harm that would come to the government (e.g. lack of capability or safety impact). The customer MUST COMPLETE all questions below, as applicable.

PURCHASE REQUEST OR REQUISITION NUMBER ESTIMATED AMOUNT

1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND THE INTENDED USE.

2. THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT REQUIRED LIMITING SOURCES TO A SINGLE MANUFACTURER OR SERVICE PROVIDER. (See FAR 8.405- 6(a)(1)(i) and (b)(1) for exceptions that apply to orders under GSA schedules. See FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) for open market purchase exceptions. See FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i) for exceptions that apply to orders against multiple award contracts.)

3. THE RATIONALE THAT SUPPORTS THE EXCEPTION NOTED ABOVE. (e.g., compatibility with existing equipment, specific performance criteria, proprietary data, only one capable, urgency, logical follow on, satisfy minimum guarantee, etc.).

4. IF APPLICABLE, WHY IS THE PROCUREMENT SO URGENT THAT TIME WILL NOT TO ALLOW FOR ADVERTISING?

5. STATEMENT OF ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION.

SIGNATURE CODE TELEPHONE NUMBER DATE

CUSTOMER

CONTRACTING OFFICER

This form may be used in lieu of the determination described in FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i), 8.405- 6(b)(2), 13.106-1(b)(1), or 16.505(a)(4).

Customer Approval Levels Ech II ACOS/SA or Deputy Ech III Department Head or Above Ech IV CO, XO, or CMC

NSWG8 Human Performance Program, has a requirement to optimize performance nutrition meal planning, menu and recipe development, Sailor food logging, to-go order and menu management, nutrient analysis for recipes, menus, and meal plans, as well as can fully integrate via open API with electronic athlete management systems and import other data integration tools (i.e. body composition). This will allow for increased interface between performance dietitians and Sailors, allow for large group meal planning development, distribution and management, will gain efficiencies in manpower for performance dietitians, and allow for concise data analysis for NSWG8 Command and program level discussions regarding performance nutrition programming within the multidisciplinary Human Performance domain.

IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), only Notemeal, Inc. provides a satisfactory software to satisfy this requirement.

Notemeal, Inc., is the only online platform built to optimize athlete nutrition that leverages modern web and mobile technologies, centralizes and automates the workflow of the performance dietitian, enabling them to efficiently deliver educational nutrition content through the mobile app to the soldier. It also captures compliance and nutrient intake data in innovative ways, quantifying progress, resulting in a measurable and maximized human performance. In addition, the meal planning feature-set is designed specifically for the performance dietitian, enabling them to reach and educate more soldiers, in less time, with better content is also required. Notemeal also allows the sharing of interactive plans and objectives with soldiers via email, text message or mobile app with the push of a button. The platform also enables the monitoring of soldier engagement and allows soldiers to actively participate in their nutrition plan. Moreover, it analyzes macro and micronutrients across recipes, meal plans and food logs. Notemeal also allows for the viewing of body composition trends of individual soldiers or groups of soldiers, allowing questions specific to performance nutrition to be answered.

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The government makes every effort and is constantly reviewing the market to adhere to the process of competing service and material acquisitions. If on-going market research uncovers another brand name that presents a compelling advantage over the current command standard, steps will be undertaken to evaluate alternatives.