A02-SSJ-REDACTED.docx

Control No: JA-19-04-097 Sole Source Justification (SSJ) in accordance with FAR subparts 13.106 or 13.5 using Simplified Acquisitions Procedures (SAP)

1. Contracting Activity: The Contracting Activity responsible for this action is the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), Fort Detrick, MD.

2. Requiring Activity: The Requiring Activity for this action is the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM).

3. Nature of Action:

|X| Commercial Item |_| Non-Commercial Item |X| New Requirement |_| Follow-on Requirement |_| Mod to Existing Purchase Order/Contract Number

Pricing: |X| Firm-Fixed Price* |_| Time & Materials** |_| Cost*

Funds: |X| RDT&E |_| Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA) |_| Other Funds:

4. Contractor Name:

General Electric Company

3000 N. Grandview Blvd, W-443

Waukesha, WI 53188-1615

Phone #: 262-544-3798

DUNS: 073838534

Cage Code: 1V332

5. Description of Supplies/Services: USARIEM is requesting to purchase two (with the option to purchase a third at a later date) Duel-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scanners. These scanners must be Prodigy DXAs, manufactured by GE, in order to match the scanners currently being used in a multi-site field study for data consistency purposes.

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

|_| (a) FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i): Only one source reasonably 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

|X| (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 request is to purchase two GE Lunar Prodigy DXA scanners with accompanying software and accessories. This requirement is in support of a particular protocol for which we are currently using GE Lunar Prodigy DXAs. In order to maintain data consistency, we are requesting to purchase two (with the option for a third) additional Prodigy DXAs to collect data at various locations. These machines will supplement current data collection efforts different sites. Furthermore, GE is the only manufacturer of the Lunar Prodigy DXAs.

8. Efforts to obtain Competition:

a. Effective competition. Effective competition is not expected, however a Notice of Intent to Sole Source will be posted on FedBizOpps (FBO) website for all vendors to see in accordance with FAR 5.202. All sources expressing interest and capabilities in response to the notice will receive consideration.

b. Subcontracting competition. No subcontracting competition is expected to exist for this requirement.

9. Actions to remove or overcome barriers Competition: USARIEM will continue to explore alternative options for this requirement.

10. Market Survey: Market research has been conducted for this acquisition by the Technical Point of Contact, who has extensive subject matter knowledge in procuring this equipment. This equipment is manufactured by GE only, and is offered by a select limited number of third party vendors who sell used equipment, which we cannot accept. As such, no other vendors were identified to have the capabilities to support this requirement.

11. Interested Sources: N/A

12. Procurement History and any other facts:

Previous Contract or Purchase Order Number: (provide PR number, date, N/A, etc.)

Prior contract number: W81XWH17P0324 Date of solicitation: 20 July 2017 Effective date: 21 September 2017

Previously competed: Above referenced contract number was previously competed between February and April 2017. GE was awarded the contract, as they provided the only technically acceptable bid.

Previous authority for less than Full & Open Competition: N/A