The Pacific Regional Contracting Office at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii intends to award a sole source contract to Terumo BCT Inc. for Trima Platelet Reagent Kits. The Trima Platelet Collection Kits are only available from Terumo BCT Inc. as they are the only source which manufactures this highly specialized item for the Trima Accel instrument. The Trima Platelet Collection Kits must be compatible with existing government owned equipment to ensure continuity of existing services. The statutory authority permitting this award without providing for full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as cited in FAR 6.302-1(a) which authorizes the government to award contracts when there is only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

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