W81K0025PA092-JA REDACT.pdf

For All Actions at or Below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold ($250K and below) Use for FAR Part 8, FAR Subpart 13.1, or FAR Part 16, Including Brand Name

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Memorandum for Record – Limiting Competition at or below the Simplified

Acquisition Threshold

1. Contracting Activity: Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West

2. Description of Action: Bone Marrow Donor Services

Nature: New Requirement Follow-on Requirement

Contract Vehicle: Purchase Order Number _______________________________

Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Number _______________ Order/BPA# _______ against FSS Contract #_____ _________ Order #___________ against Multiple Award IDIQ Contract Name or #______________

Order #_______ against a single award IDC Contract

Modification # _______ to existing PO/TO/DO/Call Order

Pricing/Contract Type: Fixed Price Time & Materials/Labor Hours Cost Reimbursable Hybrid (insert percentage of each contract type)

Funds: Operations & Maintenance, Army (OMA) Other Funds: __DHP___

FY: ___25___

Name of Proposed Contractor(s) and Address:

National Marrow Donor Program 500 N 5th St Minneapolis, MN 55401-1206

Brand Name Buy: Yes No

3. Description of Services or Supplies: This Government’s requirement is for an urgent sole source acquisition with the National Marrow Donor Program requiring a bone marrow, stem cells or cord blood unit’s transplants for patient who was diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (B-ALL) disease and requiring bone marrow transplant. Patient is currently receiving treatment at the Zachary and Elizabeth M.

Fisher Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Brooke Army Medical Center. A bone marrow transplant represents the only potential curative therapy for this patient.

Delaying the search for donors may allow further progression of patient’s disease and

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Period of Performance: 1 May 2025 to 31 April 2026.

Total Value:

4. Authority:

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1): For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), only one source reasonably available, urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization.

5. Reasons for Authority Cited:

a. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is the only source reasonably available, given its exclusive access to a global network of donor and cord blood registries and banks. The NMDP registry contains over 50,000 cord blood units and 10 million potential donors. Through established partnerships with other international registries, the NMDP has access to more than 20.5 million potential donors worldwide.

As the largest registry of cord blood in the United States, the NMDP reports a 95% success rate in matching patients to suitable cord blood donors. Additionally, they report an 86% average likelihood of locating a suitable stem cell donor.

b. N/A

c. Any delay in initiating the donor search would risk disease progression and could significantly compromise the patient’s health outcomes.

6. Publicizing Contract Actions: For FAR Part 13 actions, the public display and synopsis requirements of FAR 5.101 and FAR 5.203 do not apply due to the $ threshold, apply and will be followed, or do not apply due to an exception at 5.202(a)(2).

Requirement to post justification in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(b)(3), FAR 13.105(c), or FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii)(A)

Action is NOT a brand name restriction and is under $250K, no posting required Action is a brand name restriction, under $25K, no posting required Action is a brand name restriction, over $25K. It will be redacted and posted with the solicitation.

Action is a brand name restriction over $25K but will not be posted due to exception:

FAR 6.305(f)

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FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(A) FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(B)

FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(C) FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii(C)

7. Market Research: Research was done by using public search engines such as Google and Bing. The search was done by using key words “Bone Marrow” and the majority of the results found were for the National Marrow Donor Program. A Dynamic Small Business Search was also conducted using key words “bone and Marrow” and transplant” with NAICS code 621991, Blood and Organ Banks; the results found do not indicate the capability to fulfill the Government’s requirements. Upon final approvals, this J&A will be posted to https//sam.gov, the Government Point of Entry.

8. Other Facts: The government will continue to monitor the market for additional sources, but at this time there is only one source that can provide these services due to having access to over 20 million donors with the possibility of success in finding a match. Past requirements of this nature have been solicited and posted on Government point of entry without obtaining responses from industry. The government will continue to seek new resources that will satisfy this requirement through continued market research to determine if there are new technologies and companies that can provide these services. This acquisition will be procured and evaluated using only one responsible source for a firm-fixed price contract to NMDP.

9. Technical/Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name:

Date:

Title: Contracting Officer Representative

Signature:

10. Contracting Officer Certification/Approval:

I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based upon previous procurement history and market research.

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that completing this purchase as a sole source is in the best interest of the Government. Additionally, I approve this justification to limit competition subject to the availability of funds and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

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Typed Name:

Date: See digital signature.

Title: Contracting Officer

Signature: