19TH2026P2113 - JOFOC - Blue Door.pdf

This is a justification document for restricting competition and awarding a sole-source contract to Blue Door Creative Development Ltd., a United Kingdom-based vendor located at 15 Church Road, London SW13 9HE.

The U.S. Department of State's Overseas Post in Bangkok, Thailand (RSC-EAP) is requesting approval to award a sole-source contract valued at $29,300 for a Discovery phase to inform the design of subsequent Impact Lab workshops for three regional support teams: MRSS, PCD, and RSC-EAP. The Discovery phase comprises twenty-three stakeholder interviews across Section Heads, MRSS/PCD/RSC-EAP staff, and USDH staff in the Pacific Island Countries; development of three discussion guides; analysis; a single Discovery phase output document; and a debrief call. The estimated value is $29,300 per Blue Door's proposal dated 08.09.26. The Contracting Officer determined only one source is reasonably available based on FAR 6.302-1 (unique qualifications), citing Blue Door's direct institutional history with the three teams, having designed and facilitated March 2025 reset and reinvention workshops for all three teams and a preceding 2024 reset workshop for MRSS alone. Blue Door possesses proprietary knowledge of EAP/EX, RSC-EAP, and MRSS organizational structure, staffing, and priorities. The proposed research lead has backgrounds in anthropology, psychology, and marketing with experience designing large-scale stakeholder insight projects. The Contracting Officer determined the anticipated cost is fair and reasonable based on comparison to Blue Door's prior comparable RSC-EAP/EAP-EX engagements and itemized cost breakdowns. The document was signed by Contracting Officer Ramon Menendez-Carreira on 09/14/26 and by Mandy Walters, Director of RSC-EAP, on the same date.