Justification & Approval for COVID-19 Flock Nasal Swab Industrial Base Expansion
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA873020C0056
- Agency
-
AFLCMC Hanscom AFB
Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- FA873020C0056 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Guilford ME 04443 USA
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center published a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice on August 26, 2020 to increase production capacity for flock tip nasal swabs, the preferred COVID-19 testing swab, from 5 million swabs per month to 50 million swabs per month by March 2021. Due to unusual and compelling urgency under the COVID-19 pandemic and to support industrial mobilization needs, the Center awarded an unknown contract valued at an unknown amount to an unknown vendor on July 30, 2020, using CARES Act funds provided by the Department of Health and Human Services totaling $51.15 million for facility modifications and equipment to establish an 80,000 square foot production facility, in order to meet domestic COVID-19 testing needs.
Notice text
The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-2(a)(2) Unusual and Compelling Urgency and 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(3) as implemented by FAR 6.302-3(a)(3) - Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental or research capability; or expert services.
This industrial base expansion effort will increase production capacity for the preferred COVID-19 testing swab, the flock tip swab, to 50 million swabs per month by March 2021 to support domestic COVID-19 testing.
Awarded contract FA873020C0056 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2020-07-30.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Nasal Swab IBX justification_and_approval_Redacted.pdf |
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