SSJAHT942525AE001.pdf

This document is a Justification and Approval (J&A) Modified for Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501, authorizing a sole-source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with Polymedco Cancer Diagnostic Products LLC. The contract is for Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) collection kits to screen for colorectal cancer, with Polymedco to assemble and mail approximately 140,000 FIT kits annually to Military Treatment Facilities within the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Wright Patterson Epidemiology Lab (WPEL). The BPA will run from 29 August 2025 to 28 August 2030, with a maximum ordering threshold of $7,500,000.00, funded through Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funding.

The procurement is justified as Polymedco is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the proprietary FIT kit analyzers and related reagents, with FDA clearance for the specific equipment. Market research and requests for information yielded no alternative sources, and the government determined that directly sourcing from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) is in the best interest of the government. The previous contract was competitively awarded, and this continuation will support the ongoing FIT kit mailing program, providing collection kits, instrumentation, reagents, and equipment support for colorectal cancer screening.