Post_Award_Justification_PR15875301_DST_Innovation_Uganda.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SECTION 1: IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTING

ACTIVITY

Department of State Contracting Activity

Acquisition Management – Regional Procurement Support Office (RPSO Frankfurt)

Requiring Activities U.S. MILGP Kampala, Uganda

SECTION 2: NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING

APPROVED

MILGP Kampala, Uganda.

SECTION 3: DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET THE

AGENCY’S NEEDS

-containment diagnostic -affected environments.

Reconnaissance & Verification department defined three core requirements for the field

- Low logistical effort

- Minimal space and infrastructure requirements

Why This Combination Is Unique processing risk group 4 pathogens -- and achieving low logistical effort -- with minimal space and infrastructure. Risk group 4 pathogens —

-4) containment — ks, etc.). -4- -

— -facility-grade containment into port equipment.

so it qualifies for commercial airline transport within 48 hours.

- -chain logistics —

- -sensitive reagents in transit, a detail that reflects how deeply the "minimal infrastructure" requirement was engineered into every aspect of the system.

Demonstrated Real-World Necessity

-stakes, low-

- - hemorrhagic .

project.

Bottom Line -4-and logistics profile normally associated with far lower-risk field kits. Few institutions ecause the Institute warfare and high-ricted. ifferent design lay

- tion hardware relies heavily on standard, high-end commercial-off-the-

- -generation sequencers) rugge the field.

support host-nation partner

Two (2) complete mobile laboratory setups each providing o An air-o - -level- -equivalent containment in field conditions.

o Sample collection and transportation equipment and an initial package of o -air hoods or equivalent enclosures.

o o o -purifying respirators o -

Project management and pre-shipment services, including configuration and adaptation of the equipment to the end-users’ requirements; procurement and quality

-site origin; and packing for air shipment -- International shipping and in-country delivery:

Uganda -

4. Orientation courses at the contractor’s facility in Germany to introduce the delivered systems.

-user personnel.

Round-trip economy airfare, local ground transport, and hotel lodging for

Training courses delivered in-country at post (Uganda), consisting of a tailored curriculum delivered on site after equipment delivery. course will run over a three-registration, and workflow; sample processing; molecular and other diagnostic testing;

$ , inclusive of all supplies, services, shipping, and training.

SECTION 4: IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING

OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SECTION 5: DEMONSTRATION THAT THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR’S

UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR THE NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES

USE OF THE AUTHORITY CITED

for the Uganda deployment

a. Integrated, configuration-specific mobile lab concept not available as a generic product equipment, information technology, power supply, packaging, and training into a single, field-off-the-shelf components.

b. Proven, fielded configuration identical to an existing U.S.-funded deployment (Zambia).

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For Uganda, the procedures (SOPs), shared training curricula, and consistent logistics and maintenance across posts.

ment already uses elsewhere.

Replicating the configuration with a different contractor would require new engineering and

c. Need for compatibility, common training, and shared SOPs across all three deployments (Z , Uganda, Kenya) each configuration;

common logistical approach; and Personnel trained on one system can effectively support or deploy with another without another post Procuring from a different source would almost certainly result in a materially different configuration, requiring new SOP development and validation, new training design and materials, and separate logistics and

d. Integrated training program tailored to this specific configuration

A multi-diagnostics, data management, team coordination, and scenario-vendor could not deliver an equivalent training program without designing a different common training and procedures across posts.

-specific training and logistics support. For these reasons, the use of the cited authority for other than full and open competition is appropriate for this acquisition.

SECTION 6. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS WERE

SOLICITED FROM AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS IS PRACTICABLE,

INCLUDING WHETHER A NOTICE WAS OR WILL BE PUBLICIZED AS

REQUIRED BY FAR SUBPART 5.1 AND, IF NOT, WHICH EXCEPTION UNDER

FAR 5.101(B) APPLIES

Intent to Award on a Sole- a Uganda ved in response to,

— challenging the sole-source determination outright and requesting a competitive solicitation.

— a South Africa-challenging the sole-source award itself.

Kenya, in-

SECTION 7. DETERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT THE

ANTICIPATED COST TO THE GOVERNMENT IS FAIR AND REASONABLE

Comparison to prior Department acquisition of the same configuration now Uganda).

five -week training configuration previously procured current market conditions.

Independent Government Estimate (IGE).

e is

Commerciality and market context.

commercial-off-the- -level values for key components are consistent with market prices for similar high-technical training of this scope and duration.

SECTION 8. DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED (SEE

PART 10) AND THE RESULTS OR A STATEMENT OF THE REASON A MARKET

RESEARCH WAS NOT CONDUCTED

Prior acquisition and operational experience.

field-

Assessment of the Uganda requirement for compatibility.

training curricula, shared logistics, and cross-

Knowledge of DST’s integrated configuration as a unique concept.

activity is not aware of other vendors offering the same integrated configuration as a

SECTION 9. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER

THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Several additional considerations support the use of other than full and open competition for

Bio-threat and outbreak response readiness.

Uganda faces recurring risks from emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and

-nation counterparts require a field- Using a proven

Integrated logistics, export, and customs handling.

-goods handling, and delivery-duty-paid– -country transport and insured delivery to the end-to-end logistics chain for the same type of configuration and has proposed to

Using a different vendor would introduce

Financing and project-security arrangements.

-security arrangements tailored to providers and hedge currency risks.

4. Two-stage training concept integrated with configuration and delivery.

—linked to inspection and acceptance of the configured

— -week tailored training in Uganda, provides a coherent training pathway that is fully integrated with the specific equipment configuration and deployment plan.

program.

-of-

SECTION 10. LISTING OF SOURCES, IF ANY, THAT EXPRESSED A WRITTEN

INTEREST IN THE ACQUISITION

Source Date Nature of Response

-source determination;

requested competitive solicitation

Lasec International (Pty) Ltd

Requested a supporting/ source award stated deadline) Proposed alternative team as a second

Response to Capability Statement Challenging Sole-Source Intent. In response to a

-the-shelf the Government cancel its sole-source intent in favor of a competitive solicitation.

innova validated, cohesive platform;

al directly, whereas alternative vendors would introduce disjointed diagnostic thresholds, (including containment transitions, waste management, and emergency decontamination) i

International (Pty) Ltd, a South Africa-contest the sole-source determination. Rather, Lasec

- lished service presence in Uganda, complementary local support role (e.g., in-resupply), it does not requiring activity may consider Lasec, or similarly positioned regional firms, for future, separately competed follow-on requirements such as in-

-region delivery and installation partner, and Optima services), arguing that the requirement is properly an equipment acquisition and should en classified under an equipment-and determined that, notwithstanding its containment-equipment credentials (ISO

-derived

SECTION 11. STATEMENT OF THE ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE AGENCY MAY TAKE

TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BEFORE ANY

SUBSEQUENT ACQUISITION FOR THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED

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