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JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity. This justification is executed by the Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), Silver Spring, MD, on behalf of the Navy to meet Navy Expeditionary Medical Research requirements. 2. Nature and/or description of the action.
The Genomics & Bioinformatics Department of the Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center-Frederick maintains a state-of-the-art genomics and bioinformatics research program. As part of this on-going effort, Illumina instruments, one of the DoD-accepted standard in Highthroughput Sequencing (HTS) workflows are being utilized. These are delicate, specialized, highly technical, state-of-the-art laboratory instruments that must receive preventative maintenance and periodic updates in accordance with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) standards/procedures by certified, authorized service technicians, and be covered by a comprehensive maintenance/repair support plan/agreement in the case of hardware malfunction/failure.

3. Description of Supplies or Services:

Comprehensive full-service maintenance/repair plan for Illumina NovaSeq 6000, S/N A01716. One year support plan must include at a minimum:
• Full coverage for OEM parts and labor/travel for OEM certified and authorized service technicians.
• No-cost replacement of proprietary reagents lost upon hardware failure. • One on-site preventative maintenance (PM) visit done IAW OEM standards/requirements by OEM certified and authorized service technician(s).
• Remote technical support from OEM certified and authorized service technician(s). This support must be available for a minimum of 0600 – 1800, Monday – Friday. • On-site response by OEM certified and authorized service technician(s) within two business days of an issue with the hardware’s performance.
• Control software and hardware updates IAW OEM standards/requirements. • On-site applications support and remote monitoring.
• Discounts on advanced training for laboratory/operator personnel. RDT&E Funds in the amount of $145,522.00 will be used to purchase the service agreement.

4. Identification of the statutory exceptions permitting other than full and open competition.
The statutory exception permitting other than full and open competition for this acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) soliciting from a single source. 5. Demonstration that the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications or the nature of the