19TH2026P2115 - JOFOC - Blue Door.pdf

This is a sole-source justification document for a federal contract award by the U.S. Department of State, Global Acquisitions division.

The contracting activity is the Overseas Post, Bangkok, Thailand—Regional Service Center–East Asian and Pacific Affairs (RSC-EAP), seeking to award a contract to Blue Door Creative Development Ltd. for a two-month initial planning and program mapping engagement valued at $35,000. The engagement supports the LE Staff 10-Month Leadership & Management Program and requires the contractor to conduct planning sessions and internal brainstorming with RSC-EAP team members to define the program's ten-month flow, objectives, recruitment criteria, case study elements, project components, mentorship program structure, participant commitment map, research phase objectives, and comprehensive project scope plan. The contractor will deliver a single consolidated planning output document to guide subsequent research, content development, and delivery phases.

The Contracting Officer has determined that only one source is reasonably available based on urgency and unique qualifications. Blue Door is justified as the sole source due to its exclusive experience as the vendor for the EAP Future Leaders Program, the EAP Mid-Level Manager Mentorship Program since 2024, and direct development of the RP248, RP259, and RP401 curriculum frameworks that the new program must incorporate. No other contractor possesses the combination of incumbent multi-cohort mentorship program experience and direct expertise with the required Department curriculum. The fair-and-reasonable pricing will be determined by comparison to Blue Door's prior RSC-EAP engagement pricing and the itemized cost breakdown in the Initial Planning Proposal dated 08.07.26. The justification was signed by Mandy Walters, Director of RSC-EAP, and Contracting Officer Ramon Menendez-Carreira on 9/14/26.