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

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION UNDER SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL

ITEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 13.5

Acquisition Plan Action ID: 36C263-22-AP-1501

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 23, Fargo Medical Center

2. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Processed:

The Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Fargo, ND requires contractors in MN, with-in 15 miles of the Fargo VA, to provide services as part of its Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. The contracted services allow for the HCHV program to remove homeless Veterans suffering from serious mental illness, substance abuse disorder and/or significant medical needs from the street or habitation unfit for Veterans and place them in community-based, residential environments with sufficient therapeutic services to meet the needs of those Veterans to move towards obtaining permanent housing in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 2013 (a). 38CFR 63.3. The Contracted Emergency Residential Program is outlined in the HCHV Program Handbook 1162.09.

The estimated total value of this contract is

3. Description of Services Required to Meet the Agency’s Needs:

HCHV program requires housing and counseling services to remove homeless Veterans suffering from serious mental illness, substance abuse disorder and/or significant medical needs from the street or habitation unfit for Veterans and place them in community-based, residential environments with sufficient therapeutic services to meet the needs of those Veterans to move towards obtaining permanent housing in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 2013 (a).

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Restricted Competition:

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 that the Contractor’s Unique Qualifications or Nature of the Acquisition Requires the Use of the Authority Cited Above (applicability of authority):