Control No: MICC 2026-29

Director, MICC-Fort Leavenworth:

Assistant Director, Small Business Program:

These vendors are authorized resellers of Blackboards licenses and subscriptions. Due to requiring licenses and subscriptions for an existing LMS system, only authorized vendors of Blackboard supplies are capable of fulfilling the government’s requirement.

To maintain continuity and operations of the existing LMS, Blackboard licenses and subscriptions are required to continue providing POIs IAW the ALM. Any other licenses or subscriptions will not fulfill the government’s requirement due to not being able to integrate with the existing LMS.

Other LMS such as Canvas, Zoom, and Adobe Connect can fulfill the government’s request for licenses and subscription; however, to utilize these LMS will require a significant investment in time and money to rewrite existing educational materials, transfer POIs to a new system, train students and staff on the new LMS, and purchase new software to obtain the same level of educational operations Blackboard currently provides.

When considering the significant investment in time and money required to transfer the current LMS to a new one, it is most advantageous for the government to procure licenses and subscriptions for the existing LMS, Blackboard.

Other technical data packages, specifications, engineering descriptions, statements of work or purchase descriptions suitable for full and open competition are not available for this procurement due to the nature of the required supplies. No other licenses or subscriptions will integrate with the existing LMS, Blackboard, to allow ArmyU to maintain educational operations.

7. Efforts to Obtain Competition: IAW FAR 5.101(b)(1)(iv), a pre-solicitation notice is not required for this action since the award will be a delivery order issued under a delivery order contract.

a. Effective Competition: Effective competition will be achieved through soliciting the requirement on the Army’s Digital Marketplace, a mandatory source, with the applicable redacted limited source justification. The requiring activity (RA) posted a request for information (RFI) to the Digital Marketplace and received a response from an other than small business.

b. Subcontracting Competition: Subcontracting competition is not feasible for this action due to all vendors being authorized resellers of Blackboard licenses and subscriptions. There are no subcontracting possibilities for providing licenses and subscriptions resold from the sole manufacturer.

8. Actions to Increase Competition: IAW AFARS 5139.101-90(a)(1), The Army's Digital Marketplace under the oversight of PEO Enterprise is the mandatory source for

Competitive Status: Other than full and open competition Authority: FAR 16.505(a)(4) Restricting consideration to an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of ArmyU Blackboard Licenses and subscriptions using an exception to fair opportunity pursuant to the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation16.505(a)(4) – Items Peculiar to One Manufacturer. The estimated value of the delivery order is $9.5 million for a five-year period of performance consisting of a base year and four option years from approximately 01 April 2026 through approximately 31 March 2031. The approval is subject to the availability of funds, and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

SCOTT D. KUKES

Alternate Advocate for Competition U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX

KUKES.SCOTT.

DEAN.1151934

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934346 Date: 2026.03.06 12:06:37 -06'00'