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VHAPM Part 813.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items Attachment 1: Request for Sole Source Justification Template >SAT-$7.5M under FAR13.5

PM Part 813.5 SAP for Certain Commercial Items Page 2 of 4 Original Date: 08/30/17 Revision 03 Date: 02/11/2021

FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items. The statutory authority for applying the Simplified Procedures for Commercial Items of FAR 13.5 is 41 U.S.C. § 1901 and is implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) for restricting competition on this procurement. Competition is restricted on this procurement for the reason below:

(X ) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements

( ) Unusual and Compelling Urgency ( ) Industrial Mobilization, Engineering, Developmental or Research Capability or Expert

Services ( ) International Agreement ( ) Authorized or Required by Statute ( ) National Security ( ) Public Interest

5. Demonstration

Requires the Use of the Authority Cited Above (applicability of authority):

The needed STR kits must be compatible and work with the Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer, currently being used by the Iowa City VA HCS Tissue Typing Dept. An RFI was posted on SAM.GOV on 03.11.2021 requesting information from companies who could offer the requested STR Kits or equivalent. Only one vendor responded to the RFI and stated that Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific was the only manufacturer identified having the capabilities of provided the required STR Kits.

requirements.

6. Description of Efforts Made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as deemed practicable:

An RFI was posted on SAM.GOV from 03.11.2021 to 03-16-2021 requesting information from companies who could offer the requested STR Kits or equivalent. Only one vendor responded to the RFI and stated that Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific was the only manufacturer identified having the capabilities of provided the required STR Kits. Thermo Fisher Scientific confirmed on 03-16-2021 that only Life Technologies Corporation can provide the required STR Kits.

7. Determination by the CO that the Anticipated Cost to the Government will be Fair and Reasonable:

Life Technologies, Corporation has a well established relationship with the Government providing STR testing kits to be used with the Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer. The pricing provided by Thermo Fisher is in line with a previous awarded 5 year BPA VA263-16-A-0030 Life Technologies Corporaton which ended on 09/30/2020. The quoted pricing has been determined to be fair and reasonable based on Comparison of Proposed Pricies with Prices Found Reasonable on Previous Purchases. (FAR 13.106-3(a)(2)(ii)).