Sole Source Justification Microscope Camera Signed.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

MANDATORY TEMPLATE FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENTS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

1. Estimated Dollar Value: $194,390.10

2. Anticipated Period of Performance: 120 days ARO.

3. Does the anticipated Period of Performance include option years? If no, explain. No, this is a one time supply buy.

4. Sources Sought Notice posted to Contract Opportunities and attached to this document?

X Yes ☐ No

5. Market Research conducted and attached to this document? If not, explain.

Yes, market research attached.

Yes.

6. Is this a new requirement or a follow-on to an expiring award?

☒ New requirement ☐ Follow-on to an expiring award

7. Describe the requirement. Please note that the requirement is the minimum acceptable specification or capability, and is not necessarily the best in the industry. Please note whether any additional follow-on work is anticipated in response to the current proposed effort.

The requirement is a multimodal microscope capable of 3D imaging of organoids, as well as micromanipulation of oocytes and embryos. There will be two uses for this equipment. The first is generation of cloned embryos or genome engineered embryos by micromanipulation procedures. The second is imaging of complex, 3D cell complexes that can’t be imaged by standard imaging procedures. This microscope system is complex, and many parts are needed to have a fully functional micromanipulator microscope system.

8. List the proposed vendor and contact information.

Nikon Instruments Inc.

1300 Walt Whitman Road – Melville, NY 11747 NiiOrdersMWR.US@Nikon.com Atten: Kevin Kaifer kevin.kaifer@nikon.com or Mobile: 816-756-7811

9. Describe why the proposed vendor is the only vendor from which the requirement can be obtained. Examples of acceptable justifications include but are not limited to: sole manufacturer and seller, adherence to warranty provisions, urgency, etc. If other vendors can provide similar products or services, describe why they cannot meet our particular requirement.

The Nikon Ti2-E is the only inverted microscope with side ports offering 25mm diagonal field of view, enabling 25mm diagonal field of view images at 10x magnification. This is a requirement for ensuring the largest possible images of our organoids which once fully developed, cannot fit in one field of view. To complement the Nikon Ti2-E’s large field of view, we require a large format sCMOS camera sensor. The Photometrics Kinetix sCMOS camera offers a camera sensor with a 29.4mm diagonal field of view. This vendor is the sole manufacturer and seller of a Ti2-E system.

mailto:NiiOrdersMWR.US@Nikon.com

10. Certification:

I hereby certify that the information provided above is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

________________________________________________ ___4/11/2023_______ Technical Representative Date

11. CO Certification:

I hereby determine that the circumstances of this procurement action deem only one source reasonably available. Also, the quoted price is determined to be fair and reasonable as documented on the SAP e-File Checklist and Award Summary.

Contracting Officer Date

12. Level Above the CO Approval:

I hereby determine that the circumstances of this procurement action deem only one source reasonably available. Also, the quoted price is determined to be fair and reasonable as documented on the SAP e-File Checklist and Award Summary.

Supervisory Contracting Officer Date