MLSH Jig_JA_Redacted.pdf

Control No:

Memorandum for Record – Limiting Competition at or below the Simplified

Acquisition Threshold

1. Contracting Activity: The contracting activity responsible for this action is the United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), 820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702.

2. Description of Action:

Nature: ☒ New Requirement ☐ Follow-on Requirement

Contract Vehicle: ☒ Purchase Order Number W81XWH-20-P-0057

☐ Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Number _______________

☐ Order/BPA# _______ against FSS Contract #_____ _________

☐ Order #___________ against Multiple Award IDIQ Contract

Name or #______________

☐ Order #_______ against a single award IDC Contract

☐ Modification # _______ to existing PO/TO/DO/Call Order

Pricing/Contract Type: ☒ Fixed Price ☐ Time & Materials/Labor Hours ☐ Cost

Reimbursable ☐ Hybrid

Funds: ☐ Operations & Maintenance, Army (OMA)

☒ Other Funds:

FY:

Name of Proposed Contractor(s) and Address:

Biokinetics and Associates Ltd.

2470 Don Reid Drive Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 613-736-0384

Brand Name Buy: ☒ Yes ☐ No

3. Description of Services or Supplies: This action is to purchase a Mouthguard Forming Jig compatible with the Biokinetics Mandible Load Sensing Headform (MLSH).

The Mouthguard Forming Jig is an apparatus used to apply consistent force to boil and bite mouthguards to be used in research Anthropometric Test Devices (ATDs), not for live humans.

Required Delivery Date: 30 April 2020

Total Value:

4. Authority:

☒ 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.

Or

☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) and 8.405-6(b)(1)Brand Name

☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(A) Urgency

☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) Only One Source is Capable

☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C) Logical Follow-on

Or

☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B) Only One Awardee is Capable

☐ FAR 16.505(a)(4) Brand Name

☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(A) Urgency

☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) Logical Follow-on

☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(D) Minimum Guarantee

5. Reasons for Authority Cited:

The United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) currently owns a Biokinetics Mandible Load Sensing Headform (MLSH) to evaluate the ability of instrumented mouthguards to accurately measure direct and indirect accelerations.

Mouthguards are commonly made as “boil and bite” so that they can be customized to form to an individuals’ mouth and provide optimal protection. As the mouthguards that USAARL are testing will be tested in a headform that cannot bite and hold, a jig designed to 1) “bite and hold”, 2) “bite and hold” with a repeatable force, and 3) is compatible to the existing MLSH headform is required. The jig must form the mouthguard in the shape of the MLSH or the mouthguard will not fit the MLSH correctly for testing and results will be skewed.

6. Publicizing Contract Actions: For FAR Part 13 actions, the public display and synopsis requirements of FAR 5.101 and FAR 5.203 ☐ do not apply due to the $ threshold, ☐ apply and will be followed, or ☒ do not apply due to an exception at

5.202(a)(13)(i)(ii)&(iii), is for an amount that is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, will be made through a means that provides access to the notice of proposed contract action through the GPE and permits the public to respond to the solicitation electronically.

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)

☐ Action is NOT a brand name restriction and is under $150K, no posting required

☐ Action is a brand name restriction, under $25K, no posting required

☐ Action is a brand name restriction, over $25K. It will be redacted and posted with the solicitation.

☐Action is a brand name restriction over $25K but will not be posted due to exception:

☐ FAR 6.305(f)

☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(A)

☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(B)

☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(C)

☐ FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii(C)

7. Market Research: Market research was conducted by USAARL in November and December 2019 using Google Search Engine (i.e. google.com) using multiple search terms and criteria, specific to this research effort, and found no other instruments capable of meeting all of the MECs required by USAARL to achieve optimal results.

Biokinetics was contacted and does not have any official third party distributors.

Additionally, no other ATD was found to have an articulating jaw that may offer a similar product. A Notice of Intent to Sole Source was posted on Beta.SAM.gov on 03 March 2020 for five (5) days and there were no responses to the Notice of Intent from industry for a Mouthguard Forming Jig that would fit the Biokinetics MLSH.

8. Other Facts: Not Applicable

9. Technical/Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

10. Contracting Officer Certification/Approval: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based upon price analysis.

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that completing this purchase as a sole source is in the best interest of the

Government. Additionally, I approve this justification to limit competition subject to the availability of funds and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.