COVID-19 NIH ORF HEPA UNITS FOR COVID PREP

This is not a competitve award due to COVID-19 preparations. These portable units have built in HEPA filter and UV lights that will remove airborne infected particles. These unit will be deployed in multiple areas of the Clinical Research Center and provide protection needed for patients and medical staff dealing with COVID-19. The OMNIAIRE OA1200PAC Air Filtration System contains a HEPA 99.99% @ 0.3 Micron Patient Care and related HEPA filter. This is a class Justification & Approval (J&A) in accordance with FAR § 6.303-1(d) and 6.302-2, Unusual and Compelling Urgency, FAR § 8.405-6(a)(1)(A), Limiting Sources, and FAR § 16.505(b)(2)(i)(A), Exceptions to the Fair Opportunity Process for all contract actions to facilitate the recovery efforts necessary to address the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Because COVID-19 is an emerging disease, and there are no vaccines or approved treatments, it is prudent to have adequate flexibility to address this public health emergency. This class J&A is essential to respond to urgent requests for immediate support to respond to the expanding outbreak of COVID-19 which was just declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020 and a national emergency via Presidential Proclamation on March 13, 2020. This class J&A supersedes all other class J&A’s executed and issued by HHS and negates the need for individual J&As for contract actions to facilitate the recovery efforts necessary to address COVID-19. Requirements that arise and are executed by HHS contracts offices can be processed under the authority of the class J&A. A copy of the class J&A must go in the award file for all requirements processed under the authority of this class J&A and each contracting activity must maintain a log of all contract actions awarded under the authority of this class J&A.