50-U5700-24-CP327_Y. Montoya-Cordova-SOLESOURCE-812201520839 7.31.2024 signed.pdf.PDF

NMHU PURCHASING DEPARTMENT

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FORM

A sole source procurement is one for which only one vendor is capable of or allowed to perform a particular service and/or construction or for a tangible item that can be offered by only one vendor. A sole source procurement must comply with §13-1-126 and §13-1-128 N.M.S.A. 1978 and all other state statutes and federals pertaining to sole source procurements.

Submittal of this form is one of the steps required prior to approval of the procurement (approved via issuance of a purchase order). If this procurement is approved by the NMHU Purchasing Department it will then be posted onto the University’s website and the State of New Mexico’s Sunshine Portal. The posting will be for no less than thirty (30) calendar days. If a potential vendor submits a protest against a sole source procurement within that timeframe, the sole source will not be awarded until, and if the protest is resolved.

This form must be completed in its entirety. If it is not completed in its entirety it will not be accepted and will be returned to the requestor.

Describe the tangible item(s), construction and/or service(s) you would like to procure.

In support of NMHU's Facundo Valdez School of Social Work Foundations for Growing Our Own Grant, the consultant will complete the following deliverables:

1) Provide expert consultation for the development of unique pathways to social work as a career;

2) Identify and engage key leadership in youth-serving, education and child welfare organizations to act as content experts in workforce development for the Social Work Workforce Coalition;

3) Facilitate 6 to 10 Social Work Workforce Coalition strategic dialogues to identify strategies for fostering unique pathways to social work careers; and

4) Generate a comprehensive report of recommendations for fostering pathways to careers in social work and child welfare

Provide the following:

Vendor Name Yolanda Montoya-Cordova, MSW Address

3405 Pimlico Pl SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105

Name of Company Representative Company Contact Information

Email Telephone

Fax

Ycordova0812@gmail.com 505.264.4113 n/a

Amount of Proposed Sole Source $ 49,950 mailto:Ycordova0812@gmail.com

Can this procurement be made by the regular Invitations for Bids (lowest bid amount) or Request for Proposals (qualifications-based) process? If not, explain why.

No. This role requires a person with a social work degree who has New Mexico-specific expertise in social work workforce needs, positive youth development and engagement, child welfare, culturally- and community-grounded approaches to addressing barriers to social work practice and development of unique pathways for social work as a career. Additionally, this grant is time-limited and requires that this consultant have established relationships with employers, community organizational and state agency leadership in order to complete these deliverables.

What other tangible items, services or construction methods did you consider? Specify the specifications, sources, technical data and any other non-tangible factors that you considered.

These deliverables are set in the federal award. There are no comparable services to consider.

Which other companies did you contact for the tangible item(s), construction and/or service(s)? Provide the name of the company, representatives you spoke to and contact information.

Other consultants with workforce expertise did not have social work degrees, did not possess expertise in positive youth development, youth engagement, and/or child welfare. It was determined that no other individual had equitable expertise who also possessed a social work degree.

Did you rely on information from other individuals to make your determination, if so by who and what information did they provide?

The Director for the Center for Excellence in Social Work researched consultants with similar expertise and determined that these consultants either: 1) Did not have social work degrees; or, 2) Did not have expertise in workforce development, positive youth development and engagement or child welfare.

Provide any additional information that may be useful in making a determination.

Ms. Montoya-Cordova has a Master of Social Work degree, served as the Deputy Secretary for New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions from July 2017 to January 2023, as the Director for the Department of Health Office of School and Adolescent Health from March 2005 to July of 2017, and served as the Casey Family Programs national consultant on child welfare systems improvements from 2000-2004. Please see Ms. Montoya-Cordova's curriculum vitae attached.

Signature

Attach to this department quotes, technical specifications or other data that describes the tangible item(s), service(s) and/or construction.

I certify that all the information provided in this document and all attachments (if applicable) are to the best of my knowledge and I understand that there are penalties for willful violations of the State of New Mexico Procurement Code.

Anna Nelson, PhD, LCSW 7/31/2024 Requestor Name and Title Date

APPROVALS:

Department Head or Dean Signature Date (if different from above)

Name and Title

Purchasing Department Signature Date Name and Title

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Cesar G. Abarca

Jennifer R. Madrid 08/08/2024