Sole_Source_Justification_Redacted.docx

Sole Source Justification (SSJ) Simplified Acquisitions Procedures (SAP)

1. Contracting Activity:

The contracting activity for this action is the US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), Fort Detrick, MD 21703.

2. Requiring Activity:

The requiring activity responsible for this action is the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Bacterial Diseases Branch (BDB), Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN).

3. Nature of Action

Mod to Existing Purchase Order/Contract Number

4. Contractor Name:

Bruker Daltonics Inc.

40 Manning Road Billerica, MA, 01821 Phone: 978-663-3660

DUNS: 165012886

Cage Code: 360H2

5. Description of Supplies/Services:

WRAIR intends to acquire a Brand name only Bruker CA System from Beckman Coulter. Under this contract, Beckman Coulter will provide the Bruker CA System to WRAIR. Purchase of this equipment will include 12 months of warranty covering parts, labor and travel during the standard business day Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

6. Authority Cited: 41 U.S.C. 1901 OR 41 U.S.C. 1903

(a) FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i): Only one source reasonable available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreement, brand name or industrial mobilization); OR

(b) FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(ii): Only one source can provide a portion of the purchase that is a particular brand-name item; OR

(c) FAR 13.501(a)(1)(i): Only one source reasonably available (including brand name); OR

(d) FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii): Only one source can provide a portion of the purchase that is a particular brand-name item.

7. Reason for Authority Cited:

The Brand Name Only, Bruker CA MALDI Mass Spectrometer is the specialized equipment currently used to support MRSN’s mission of conducting epidemiological surveillance of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) to enhance performance improvement and infection control across the Department of Defense (DoD). Specifically, a MALDI Mass Spectrometer System is already owned and operating within MRSN’s computer analysis programs and bioinformatic pipeline. The new MALDI Mass Spectrometer System must be compatible to existing systems and connect to the MicroScan also currently owned and operated in the MRSN Lab. No other brand is interoperable with the already installed Spectrometers in the lab.

Furthermore, the MRSN is posed to align with the Presidential inter-agency Combating Antibiotic Resistant-Bacteria (CARB) task force, announced on Sept 18th, 2014. According to this presidential mandate, government agencies must enhance information sharing and standardize characterization and reporting. This inter-agency collaboration combines requirements from the National Institute of Health (NIH), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other DoD agencies. For the MRSN to be aligned with that mandate and compliant with CDC and NIH protocols and SOPs, the Bruker CA MALDI Mass Spectrometer is required. This request is mission critical as the sample processing information gleamed from a fully functioning MALDI Mass Spectrometer System is essential to MRSN fulfilling its mission to abide by the presidential CARB mandate and epidemiological surveillance and infection control directives as found in MEDCOM policy 15-042.

8. Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Market research, emails and phone calls to companies that provide similar Mass Spectrometers were utilized to determine that Bruker Daltonics Corporation is the manufacturer and Beckton Dickinson and Beckman Coulter are the only authorized resellers of the CA MALDI Mass Spectrometer.

9. Actions to Increase Competition:

WRAIR will continue to survey the market for another company that can meet the requirements of the lab.

10. Market Survey:

Market research was conducted to find that Bruker Daltonics Corporation is the manufacturer and Beckton Dickinson and Beckman Coulter are the only authorized resellers of the CA MALDI Mass Spectrometer. During this process, market research was conducted by contacting representatives at Bruker Daltonics Corporation and by reviewing the hardware/software information.

11. Interested Sources:

Bruker Daltonics Inc.

40 Manning Road Billerica, MA, 01821

12. Procurement History and any other facts: N/A