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Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition

13.105 (c) See 5.102(a)(6) for the requirement to post a brand name justification or documentation required by 13.106-1(b) or 13.501.

The National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Disease (NIAID) and the Department of Intramural Research (DIR) have partnered with Center of Human Immunology in the continuation of multi-variate proteomic analysis of the human immune system. NIAID-DIR & CHI projects study the human immune system using a systems biology approach which will entail analyzing human blood and tissue products. As part of NIAID-DIR & CHI’s research, the laboratory runs SOMAscan assays. In order to continue internal and collaborative projects NIAID-DIR & CHI needs to order 5 HTS Serum Kits, 5 HTS Plasma Kits, and 3 HTS Tissue Kits, brand name specific. Somascan assay is an exclusive technology of Somalogic. This is a unique aptamer-based protein detection that allows the scientists to detect 1310 analytes in sera or plasma.

The Somascan assay kits provide a unique aptamer-based protein detection that allows the scientists to detect 1310 analytes in sera or plasma and have been used throughout our study and must continue to be used in order to comply with continuity protocols to reach the clinical trials.