FAR 13_Single Source or Brand Name Justification Less Than SAT.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture Single Source/Brand Name Justification

Less Than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

Control No. (if applicable) ______________________

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity.

Requesting Agency:

USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory

9901 Powder Mill Rd.

Laurel, MD 20708

Contracting Activity:

USDA, APHIS, MRPBS, AAMD

Office of Contracting and Procurement 250 Marquette Ave

Ste 410, Minneapolis, MN 55401

2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs.

This procurement includes the purchase of AB Assurance 1PM Plan service for the on-site maintenance for seven (7) QuantStudio 5s. The services to be performed include parts, labor and travel for remedial repair, no charge for planned maintenance visits, guaranteed priority response time of 2 business days after receipt of a service call for instruments located in LT's Service Zones 1 and Zone 2, target response time of 3 business days for remedial repairs outside of Zones 1 and 2. LT will use reasonable efforts to respond within 3 business days from receipt of a service call, priority telephone and email access to instrument technical support, telephone and email access to application technical support, remote Monitoring and Dx Service, which provides for notification to customer of instrument failures or errors that are reported by AB's Remote Monitoring software, issuance of an ISO compliant certificate. This company performs an extensive check of the seven (7) machines.

3. Rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.

Life Technologies is the manufacturer of the instrument and the only company in the market approved to perform the maintenance on their machines; therefore, Life Technologies is the sole source and vendor of these services.

4. Description of the market research conducted and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

Life Technologies is the manufacturer of the instrument and the only company in the market approved to perform the maintenance on their machines; therefore, Life Technologies is the sole source and vendor of these services. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Estimated price, including all options, if applicable.

The cost for this this service is 75,300 which includes the service and travel for the technician to the lab for one base year and one option year.

6. Recommended source(s).

Life Technologies Corporation (Thermo Fisher)

Certifications

☒ The information provided for this justification has been reviewed and certified accurate and complete by Shareef Abdelgadir Program/Technical Personnel.

Contracting Officer (less than SAT). I have reviewed this justification and certify it to be accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Kim Yen Tu Contracting Officer

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