S30 NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS.docx

S30 NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

DONALD V. HARRIS

donald.harris@va.gov

The RPO East/NCO 6 Contracting Office, Hampton, Virginia, intends to award a sole source purchase order to VitalSmarts LC. as a result of the vendor being a sole source authorized reseller/distributor of Crucial Conversations Training Kits for Supervisors. Crucial Conversations offers well-established train-the-trainer certification courses which is a critical component of this purchase request. The Asheville VA Medical Center has standardized their practices on the Crucial Conversation training kits and this requirement will add to an already existing procurement. The staff needs to continue with the same content and training materials in an effort to capture the best return on our investment. Changing learning resources would negate previous training milestones and would lessen the effectiveness by having users trained by two different methods. VitalSmarts LC. is as brand name request and as authorized distributor we will pursuing a single source, open market award for this procurement.

This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other than Full and Open Competition as authorized IAW FAR Part subpart 13.106-1(b)). The anticipated award date is 3 July 2020. Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit in writing complete information describing their ability to provide the product/services listed above. Deadline date for the submittals is 3 July 2020 0900 (9am) Eastern Standard Time. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

For information regarding this purchase, contact Donald V. Harris, Contract Specialist, at (757) 726-6089 or donald.harris@va.gov.

The RPO East/NCO 6 Contracting Office, Hampton, Virginia, intends to award a sole source purchase order to VitalSmarts LC. as a result of the vendor being a sole source authorized reseller/distributor of Crucial Conversations Training Kits for Supervisors. Crucial Conversations offers well-established train-the-trainer certification courses which is a critical component of this purchase request. The Asheville VA Medical Center has standardized their practices on the Crucial Conversation training kits and this requirement will add to an already existing procurement. The staff needs to continue with the same content and training materials in an effort to capture the best return on our investment. Changing learning resources would negate previous training milestones and would lessen the effectiveness by having users trained by two different methods. VitalSmarts LC. is as brand name request and as authorized distributor we will pursuing a single source, open market award for this procurement.

This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other than Full and Open Competition as authorized IAW FAR Part subpart 13.106-1(b)). The anticipated award date is 3 July 2020. Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit in writing complete information describing their ability to provide the product/services listed above. Deadline date for the submittals is 3 July 2020 0900 (9am) Eastern Standard Time. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

For information regarding this purchase, contact Donald V. Harris, Contract Specialist, at (757) 726-6089 or donald.harris@va.gov.

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