Justification_and_Approval_FCovey.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Executive Office for United States Attorneys

Human Resources Staff Suite 7.800, 3CON Building 175 N Street, NE Washington, DC 20530

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

(202) 252-5300

FAX (202) 252-5301

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION EXCEEDING $150,000 BUT NOT EXCEEDING $650,000

JUSTIFICATION

1. Contracting Activity. Executive Office for United States Attorneys.

2. Description of the Action being Approved.

New contract with Franklin Covey, 2200 West Parkway Blvd, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 to provide up to

1,000 Covey All Access Passes to supervisors, managers, and employees of the United States Attorneys' offices, as well as provide organizational assessments, individual assessments, leadership and personal development training, and services for follow up and coaching to strengthen leadership and management skills and promote employee engagement in the United States Attorneys' Offices

3. Description of the Supplies or Services and Estimated Dollar Value. Unlimited access to training and developmental materials for up to 1,000 All Access Pass holders, access to instructional materials to allow trained/certified individuals access to content in order to present training that meets the needs of individual offices. Individual and team coaching is available through Covey's consultant services. The estimated value if $200,000.

4. Authority Permitting other than Full and Open Competition.

Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 and 41 U.S.C. 3304.

5. Proposed Contractor's Unique Qualifications or Nature of the Acquisition that Requires Use of the

Authority Cited in Paragraph 4.

The supplies or services required are available from only one brand-name product, Franklin Covey. The

Franklin Covey All Access Pass is an item peculiar to Franklin Covey, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The unique or highly specialized qualities of these supplies or services are a library of well-established content in an easily accessible on line site. The AAP also enables employees in the 93 United States Attorneys' disbursed across over 200 separate geographic locations to participate in distance learning and live trainings that will be facilitated by certified Division employees. Finally, the AAP incorporates 360 assessments into its online content. This will allow employees to complete an assessment before and after a training to measure their progress based on input from supervisors, colleagues, and subordinates. The United States Attorneys' offices are separate entities headed by a United States Attorney, and each receives its own Federal Employee

Viewpoint scores, a solution is required that offers maximum flexibility to tailor programs to meet the needs of each office. Franklin Covey offers a combination of organizational and individual assessments, unlimited access to distance/live leadership and personal development training including the option to become certified to present vendor-owned content and tailor it to meet specific requirements, and management coaching services,

6. Efforts Made to Ensure that Offers will be Solicited from as Many Potential Sources as is Practicable.

This effort was synopsized on 8/15/2018 in FedBizOpps in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2. To date, no viable responses have been received.

7. Fair and Reasonable Cost. The anticipated cost to the Government is fair and reasonable.

8. Market Research.

Market Research was conducted in accordance with FAR Part 10, and it was determined that the above stated requirement is commercially available in the commercial market place from one vendor.

9. Other facts. None

10. Listing of Sources. if Any. that Expressed an Interest in the Acquisition.

11. Actions to remove barriers for any subsequent acquisition for the same supplies or services.

There are no plans at this time to compete future contracts for the types of supplies/services covered by this Sole Source Justification. If another potential source emerges, an assessment will be made at that time to determine whether future competition is feasible.

APPROVAL

Requesting Official

The technical information provided as supporting data for this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature: (3v. ~~

Printed Name and

Title:

Michael Smith

Date:

Assistant Director, Human Resources Policy and Special Programs

Contracting Officer

In accordance with FAR 13.501, I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature: Date:

Printed Name:

Terri Long-Miller

8/15/2018