Redacted Justification.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION for

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS VALUED BELOW S250K

0 FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) Soliciting from a single source 0 FAR 13.106-1(b){1)(ii) Brand name specification

PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: ESTIMATED VALUE (inclusive of options):

PR 11415214 0 New Requirement

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YEAR:

FY 2020

1. NAME OF PROPOSED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTOR/ BRAND NAME MANUFACTURER:

Thermo Scientific, 2 Radcliff Rd, Tewksbury, MA 01876

2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED AND THE INTENDED USE:

Chemical Biological Center (CCDC) would like to purchase: Qty (1) Thermo Scientific Firs!Defender RMX and Qty (1)TruDefender FTX. Chemical agents and other threat chemicals will be tested with this instrument. This equipment will be used to support Department of Defense (DOD) and other government agencies (OGAs) supporting anti-terrorism operations and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Proficiency testing . Product code: 800-00211--01 , Firs!Defender RMX S1 , English, Gray boot: 800--00791--01, TruDefender FTX S1 . English, Gray boot

3. UNIQUE SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS THAT LIMIT AVAILABILITY TO ONLY ONE SOURCE, WITH THE

REASON NO OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES CAN BE USED:

Chemical Biological Center (CCDC) Forensic analytical center trains soldiers in our laboratory that use the FirstDefender RMX and TruDefender FTX(exact model number). Training must be done with the exact same detector (exact model number) otherwise there will be no value in the training . Once it is exposed to chemical agent it cannot be removed from the laboratory so for us to conduct tra ining we must possess our own device (exact model number) that we can expose to agent and keep in our lab. Some of the reasons that this unit is used is for rugged field use (Mil-STD-810G and IP67 certified) and allows data acquisition through sealed

4. REASON WHY CONTRACTOR IS THE ONLY SOURCE CAPABLE OF MEETING MISSION REQUIREMENTS;

SPECIFICALLY, THE REASON NO OTHER SOURCE CAN MEET THE UNIQUE CAPABILITIES IN SECTION 3:

Thermo Scientific is the sole manufacturer of the FirstDefender RMX. The soldiers that we train in our facility are using this specific detector (exact model number) so we must train them with the same detector. No other detector will meet the need since it must function and operate in the exact same manner as the device they will be using in the field .

Is this a follow-on contract? no0 If yes, provide contract number: ___________ _

5. MARKET RESEARCH:

In 2015, a FirstDefender RMX was purchased for the laboratory. Internet searching conducted then and most recently in the Fall of 2019 continues to show that Thermo Scientific and Federal R_esources is the only supplier of the named products above. No other sources for the u::fender and TruDefender have been identified.

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