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Newborn Testing Services General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital

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Memorandum for Record Limiting Competition at or below the Simplified

Acquisition Threshold

1. Contracting Activity: Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West (MRCO-W), Fort Cavazos, Texas 76544

2. Description of Action: Procure Newborn Screening Test Kits and Testing Results from the State of Missouri, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital (GLWACH), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

X Follow-on Requirement

Contract Vehicle: X Purchase Order Number 0012131112

Pricing/Contract Type: X Fixed Price

Funds: Other Funds: DHP

FY: 25

Brand Name Buy: X No

3. Description of Services or Supplies: The request is for the purchase of newborn laboratory screening tests and testing services that are mandated by statute by the State of Missouri for the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital (GLWACH), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. These services are performed by the Public Health Service and estimated cost is . This proposed request is for commercial services and is subject to availability of FY25 funds.

Proposed Period of Performance: 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025 Total Value: , with the potential extension in accordance with FAR 52.217-8, the overall total is .

Newborn Testing Services General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital

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4. Authority:

X FAR 13.106-1(b)(1): For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), only one source reasonably available, urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization.

5. Reasons for Authority Cited:

a. The General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, Army Wellness Center has a need for the newborn testing required by State of Missouri Title 19 CSR 25-36.010, by the State of Missouri, Department of Health and Senior Services. The rule established the collection and submission procedures to be used by health care providers in sending newborn screen specimens to the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory and establishe

Further governance is provided by State of Missouri Statute, Chapter 191, Health and by the department shall be performed by the department of health and senior services laboratories. The attending physician, certified nurse midwife, public health facility, ambulatory surgical center or hospital shall assure that appropriate specimens are collected and submitted to the department of health and senior services laboratories

This requirement is further governed by the Rules of Department of Health and Senior Services, Division 25-Missouri State Public Health Laboratory, Chapter 36-Testing for Metabolic Diseases, 19 CSR 25-36.010, Testing for Metabolic and Genetic Disorders, (3 -four (24) hours of collection to the

b. The use of any other testing/screening vendor is not acceptable by the state of Missouri. State of Missouri, Department of Health and Senior Service is only entity that can provide the state mandated newborn screening test.

c. Detrimental effects/serious injury to the new born testing mission of GLWACH will result if this justification is not approved as the tests and testing services cannot be provided by other agencies only the intended sole source Contractor.

6. Publicizing Contract Actions: For FAR Part 13 actions, the public display and synopsis requirements of FAR 5.101 and FAR 5.203 apply and will be followed.

Requirement to post justification in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(b)(3), FAR 13.105(c), or FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii)(A)