SOLE SOURCE.pdf

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JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE

On1y One Source

Suggeste C Corp

1. Description of supplies/services.

This contract will provide installation, testing/validation, and training of the current Rees Scientific temperature sensitive monitoring system and components utilized at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and its subsidiary locations Throughout Southern California.

2. Demonstration of contractor's unique qualifications.

NMCSD's current contract with Rees Scientific expires 09 June 2021. The command utilizes the Rees Scientific temperature monitoring system for product safety verification of blood products, immunization storage environment, patient sample storage, storage of laboratory reagent products and testing kits, quality control and calibration products and equipment.

The failure to monitor the temperature environment of these things could result the total loss of over $4M in products and equipment, something that has happened in the past and that the Command takes all precautions to prevent from happening in the future. Additionally failure to maintain the Rees validation would result in not meeting Joint Commission requirements in the monitoring of our temperature sensitive medical products and supplies and require staff to manually log temperatures.

3. Description of market research.

NMCSD has the full infrastructure of Rees equipment to include servers, end points, thermometers, transmitters and cabling. Any change to a different vendor will require replacement of all existing hardware and increase the purchase price by several hundreds of t'housands of dollars. In accordance with the manufacturer, all validation, technical assistance and service must be performed by Rees Scientific as they do not have any resellers which require all equipment and service purchases to come directly from the company.

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4. Quantity and dollar value

A 90 day validation and service maintenance contract which wi meet nts to prevent loss of products and equipment of

5. Delivery requirements.

Due to current validation expiration by 09 Jun 2021 the desired contract period is from 10 June 2021 through 09 September 2021.