Single Source Justification

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)

RFO FAR 12.102(a), Restricting competition, under SAT

Purchase Request 26WA162348

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting office.

Western Area Power Administration, (WAPA), Desert Southwest (DSW) Region

615 S. 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85009.

2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs.

WAPA requires a custom, web-based, interactive safety training curriculum with safety and regulatory compliance mandates, a comprehensive, built-in assessment and test question bank compatible with

WAPA's Workday Learning Management System (LMS). Curriculum training to include a fully compiled, sharable content objective reference model Self-Contained and Mobile Accessible (SCORM) conformant package.

The anticipated resultant contract is a firm-fixed price purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to Ethos

Systems UEI M47BF35WGFC5.

3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.

Reasons for limiting competition to a single source for the following reasons:

• Unique Specialized Capabilities and Timeline Constraints: Ethos Systems is uniquely positioned as the only source capable of delivering this highly specialized, custom utility-safety training within WAPA's urgent operational timeline and constrained budget.

• Proprietary Software and Domain Expertise: Ethos possesses proprietary development software coupled with deep, WAPA-specific safety policy expertise and specialized instructional design services. Because WAPA lacks an internal training and curriculum development department, Ethos's collaborative development process—teaming directly with WAPA's subject matter experts (SMEs)is critical to successfully building this technical curriculum.

• SCORM Deployment and IT Infrastructure: Ethos provides a critical external development pipeline, utilizing its proprietary licensing and technical infrastructure to compile, package, and deliver a fully compliant SCORM package ready for immediate integration into Workday. This resolves WAPA's internal technical and authoring constraints without adding administrative overhead.

• Regulatory Alignment and Deliverables: The Ethos curriculum features an advanced assessment bank with rationales tied to authoritative regulatory sources, supported by a detailed audit trail linking all content claims directly to OSHA, WAPA, and NESC regulations. The deliverable package includes full Section 508 accessibility documentation and a 60-minute virtual handoff session to ensure a seamless administrative transition for WAPA LMS coordinators.

• Cybersecurity and IT Compliance Pre-Screening: Ethos Systems has been fully vetted and pre-screened through WAPA’s rigorous IT approval process. Utilizing a pre-cleared vendor is critical to ensuring strict cybersecurity, IT compliance, and compatibility requirements are met prior to integrating external software into WAPA’s secure LMS infrastructure.

• Crucial Operational Impact: This curriculum will yield a finished qualification product that enables non-craft employees to obtain unescorted substation access, directly alleviating critical manpower shortages and reducing the strain on craft escorts.

• Cost Efficiency and Ownership Rights: While traditional training vendors operate on recurring per-user licensing models, Ethos offers a commercial flat-rate, one-time development solution that transfers complete content ownership and perpetual agency-wide usage rights to WAPA.

This eliminates ongoing licensing fees and ensures long-term fiscal efficiency.

• Pursuant to FAR 12.102(a), this sole-source path leverages commercial item procedures to address WAPA’s lack of internal SCORM-authoring capabilities to secure a solution with perpetual, unrestricted agency usage rights. Based on market research, this commercial offering from Ethos Systems Inc provides unique capabilities that no other vendor can deliver to meet the

Government's need.

4. A description of the Market Research (MR) conducted and the results or a statement of the reason MR was not conducted.

Market Research was conducted utilizing the acquisition gateway to identify companies offering similar services. Market research confirms, no other vendor provides this unified combination of utility-specific safety curriculum development, custom SCORM validation, and complete ownership transfer making Ethos uniquely capable of resolving WAPA's immediate regulatory safety needs.

Ethos Systems delivers a distinct, cost-effective, and essential offer tailored precisely to WAPA's operational and technical requirements.

5. Price estimate, including all options, if applicable.

Total estimate is $

6. Recommended source.

Ethos Systems Inc.

(UEI M47BF35WGFC5)

Certification

The information contained in this Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition is certified accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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DSW Regional Safety Manager

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Contracting Officer