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HEAL?; wt We we Public Health Service wSERVICg oP Se 4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES for a period of he Government I National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Office of Acquisitions, DEA 6700B Rockledge Drive, Room 3214 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ Bethesda, MD 20892-7612 DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT UNDER THE ECONOMY ACT FAR 17.502-2 and HHSAR 317.5 I HEREBY FIND THAT: The NIAID proposes to enter into an Interagency Agreement (IAA) with _____________________________ to support a project entitled ____________________________________________________________. The proposed IAA Number is ________________. The estimated cost of the proposed agreement is $ _____________ for a period of ______ years ( through ). Use of this IAA is in the best interest of the Government because: 1) The supplies or services cannot be obtained as conveniently or economically by contracting directly with a private source and; 2) A contract action is required by the servicing Agency in order to meet the needs of the NIAID and (please check at least one): The acquisition will appropriately be made under an existing contract of the servicing agency, entered into before placement of the order, to meet the requirements of the NIAID for the same or similar supplies or services, and/or; The servicing agency has the capability or expertise to enter into a contract for such supplies or services which is not available within the NIAID, and/or; The servicing agency is specifically authorized by law or regulation to purchase such supplies or services on behalf of other agencies. 3) Servicing organization(s) contemplated (the assigned HHS contracting office shall be one of the servicing organizations contemplated); Assessment of the Influence of Aerodynamic Particle Size on the Virulence of Aerosolized Ebo 2,508,000 2.8  08/06/2018 06/06/2021 DHS S&T Directorate NIAID Office of Acquisitions, DHS Science and Technology Directorate/ Biological Threat Characterization Program (BTCP)