F01__ELIM_JA_Signed_Redacted.pdf

Control No:

Contractor: Abbott Informatics Program/Equipment: StarLIMS

Version - March 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

5. Reason for Authority Cited: STARLIMS v10 is a product of Abbott Informatics Corporation.

This product is the 10th version developed by Abbott Informatics Corporation, a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Florida, wholly owned by Abbott Informatics Technologies Ltd. who solely owns the intellectual property associated with the STARLIMS products. Abbott Informatics is the sole developer of the STARLIMS application. Abbott Informatics is sole provider of the STARLIMS software solutions, new releases, upgrades, updates, bug fixes etc. Abbott Informatics Corporation is the only authorized source to provide licensing, gap analysis, professional and support services for STARLIMS products.

(b) Alternatives: The STARLIMS system is recently and currently deployed at the Public Health labs across the MEDCOM enterprise. STARLIMS v10 is wholly owned by Abbott Informatics Technologies Ltd. who solely own the intellectual property associated with the STARLIMS products, there are no alternatives at this time to obtain the support services the APHC requires to continue this critical support to our laboratory environment.

(c) Addressing the following:

1. This requirement is expected to continue into the future until such time as there is a replacement for eLIMS system in place. The sole source nature of the requirement is strictly due to the constraints of the product being proprietary and copyright by the contractor. If the annual maintenance agreement is not obtained, the APHC will be unable to analyze and report analytical results of critical sample analysis performed at the laboratory. As a consequence, senior leaders and commanders will not be able to make critical decisions concerning health of Soldiers."

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition:

No effective competition is anticipated as Abbott Informatics is the only company that provides the services as a result of proprietary data rights over StartLIMS. The Contracting Officer shall publish the notices required by FAR 5.201.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: Abbott Informatics Company is the sole owner of the StarLIMS system to include the licensing and maintenance/support services for the system.

Unless the Company permits third party distribution or support of these services, competition will not be an option at this point.

8. Market Research: The market research for this requirement was conducted using the internet and previous knowledge or awareness of the vendor. The online searches consisted of Article StarLIMS by StarLIMS Corporation, Article Scientific Computing Word and StarLIMS Profile. The results of the market research found that Abbott Informatics is the sole developer of the StarLIMS application. Additional market research was done through a Request for Information on Federal Business Opportunities published on Federal Business of Opportunities (FBO) for 15 days. No responses were received to the published notice. Abbott Informatics is the only source that can provide the maintenance and support for the system.

9. Interested Sources: See Paragraph 6 for the synopsis information. To date, no other sources have written to express interest in the acquisition.

Control No:

Contractor: Abbott Informatics Program/Equipment: StarLIMS

Version - March 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

10. Other Facts:

a. Procurement History

(1) Contract No.

(2) Competitive Status: Other Than Full and Open Competition

(3) Authority previously cited: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i): Only one source reasonablyavailable (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreement, brand name or industrialmobilization)

(4) Abbott Informatics is the sole developer and distributor of the STARLIMS application. They have no 3rd party resellers. The required STARLIMS application license upgrades and updates are only offered from Abbott Informatics. This support is offered in their STARLIMS Standard Maintenance Plan. APHC cannot change to a different ELIMS software because of the significant costs and time investment in the project that has been in progress since 2010. This includes the integration and implementation at the eight different Public Health labs.