Sole Source Memorandum - 26PN052.pdf
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This is a Sole Source Decision memorandum documenting justification for a non-competitive procurement below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.
Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT requires a 10-day in-person training event on the VirCapSeq-VERT (VCS-VERT) platform for vertebrate virus discovery and sequencing. The training will be conducted at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in Accra, Ghana, for personnel permanently stationed at this host-nation partner laboratory. The requirement supports the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) mandate to expand reach-back support and develop on-site pathogen-agnostic sequencing capabilities at Department of Defense laboratories to enhance health protection for forward-deployed forces.
Columbia University is identified as the sole source capable of fulfilling this requirement due to exclusive intellectual property rights. Columbia University developed and owns the VCS-VERT platform through its Center for Infection and Immunity, protected under U.S. Patent US20180265935A1. The proprietary probe library and molecular chemistry are uniquely validated to operate on the Illumina NextSeq 2000 platform already owned by NMIMR, with no other commercial or academic source legally able to manufacture, license, or provide equivalent technology. The training package includes VCS-VERT probes priced at approximately $40 per sample for batches of 20, encompassing 24 captures across six NextSeq sequencing runs to process up to 288 samples total. The capability must achieve 99% clinical sensitivity and 100% clinical specificity for detecting unknown viral threats. Market research through patent reviews, scientific studies, and industry discussions confirmed Columbia University's exclusive capability.
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