140D0423P0113_A17 JA Single Source Determination NLETS Redacted_Redacted.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

SINGLE SOURCE DETERMINATION USING

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP) UNDER THE

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD (SAT)

AUTHORITY: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

Contract Number: 140D0423P0113

1. Contracting activity/agency.

Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate for the Office of Law Enforcement and Security.

2. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs.

The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a membership/subscription to the National Law Enforcement Records Telecommunication System (NLETS) which enables access to state level law enforcement records.

Type of acquisition: Commercial Services, severable.

NAICS & PSC: 517810 – All Other Telecommunications ($40.0M); DH10 - IT and Telecom – Platform As a Service: Database, Mainframe, Middleware

3. Identification of the single source to be solicited.

National Law Enforcement Telecommunications 1918 W Whispering Wind Dr Phoenix, AZ 85085

4. Reason for authority cited. The contracting officer has determined the circumstances of the contract deem only one source reasonably available.

Exclusive Licensing Agreement

5. Rationale.

The National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (NLETS), Inc is the only commercial entity that can provided the required records sharing function between DOI and state law enforcement agencies. NLETS is structured as a not-for-profit entity that enables the sharing of law enforcement records generated at the state level between states and other, including Federal, law enforcement entities. Without

Contract Number 140D0423P0113 access to this service DOI would not have the ability to access state level law enforcement records which would result in the significant hinderance of DOI law enforcement functionality by depriving DOI of information such as state level arrest history or outstanding state level warrants. Without this information, DOI law enforcement bureaus would be unable to verify the full criminal history, if any, of individuals apprehended by DOI law enforcement officers, and could result in individuals without outstanding warrants being subject to release due to DOI officers not having access to the details regarding the warrant.

6. Market Research.

Coordination with OLES subject matter experts in the law enforcement field revealed that NLETS is the only vendor in the commercial marketplace that can provide access to the required state level law enforcement records. When this was procured in April 2022, there were no firm’s that indicated they had any questions regarding the Justification and Approval issued for that prior sole-source award.

Contract Number 140D0423P0113

Under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), the undersigned hereby determines the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source is reasonably available as supported herein.