PMSS CA JOFOC_Redacted.pdf

This is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) document for a sole source acquisition by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The acquisition is for the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System–California, to be awarded to the California Department of Public Health. The requirement involves provision of fully identifiable and linkable vital records data, including death certificates for women who died during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy, along with corresponding birth or fetal death certificates. These records are necessary to support accurate identification and epidemiological analysis of pregnancy-associated mortality cases in California. The base period of performance is 12 months plus four 12-month option periods, with a base period of performance from August 30, 2026 through August 29, 2027, with a government project award targeted for August 2026. The prior contract with the same contractor (Order Number 75D30121P12598) ran from September 13, 2021 through September 19, 2026.

The justification for sole source acquisition is based on FAR 6.103-1, establishing that the California Department of Public Health is the sole legal custodian and authoritative source of the required vital records data, which are maintained under state authority and not commercially distributed or accessible through third-party vendors. Market research confirmed no other entity has access to these records in the required identifiable format. Price reasonableness will be determined through comparison to historical pricing from prior contracts and similar work.