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UNM Proposed Sole Source Form – Rev 6/14/13

Proposed Sole Source Purchase Form

Pursuant to New Mexico Procurement law, the UNM Purchasing Department will post your completed form on the UNM Sunshine Portal for 30 days prior to purchase of the goods/services.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

Date of Request 04/03/2025 Requisition Number (If Applicable) Request Submitted by: Ryan Christopher Randall Title Sr. Fiscal Services Tech

Department 247A KNME Operations Email Rrandall@nmpbs.org Phone 505-277-2121 Proposed

Vendor Clipper & Company 725 13th Street, NW Washington DC 20002

Amount $91,000.00

Buyer Team - See Commodity list at http://www.unm.edu/~purch/commcodes.pdf 3910 Provide a basic description of goods/services to be provided:

Clipper & Company provides engagement initiatives, to aim and provide both internal and external stakeholders a platform to share insights, assisting and pinpointing strategic areas for integration within New Mexico PBS. To develop a comprehensive strategic planning process defining NMPBS’s vision, goals, and strategic priorities.

Why is this purchase needed?

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) mandates that public broadcasting stations receiving its funding must adopt practices that resonate with the populations they cater to. Additionally, these stations are obligated to annually reassess and modify, if needed, the station's objectives related to its workforce, management, and various boards. To assist in developing a roadmap for operationalizing and implementing the work and will help ensure NMPBS remains agile, resilient, and competitive. The community service grant that NMPBS receives requires strategic planning & strategy development.

II. BASIS FOR SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT. CHOOSE APPLICABLE BOX(ES) AND

PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AS REQUESTED:

☐ Proprietary item, technology or service only available from the proposed vendor. (Check box and describe proprietary component)

Clipper & Company provides a proprietary requires strategic planning & strategy development service tailored uniquely for public broadcasting stations that no other vendors currently offer. The CPB requires a report that is unique to public broadcasting stations, and other vendors offer alternatives that are either very specific to a particular industry, that is not public broadcasting and therefore will not meet the CPB mandate, or they are too generic and will not work for public broadcasting as they don't meet the CPB mandate.

Due to the unique nature of public broadcasting and the specific type of strategic report required, other vendors are unable to offer a comparable service.

Clipper & Company provided Phase one services, and since this is Phase two of an ongoing project to develop a Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative, they have the unique ability to continue the project without interruption or having to repeat Phase one.

☐ Compatibility requirement with existing item, technology or service. (Check box and describe compatibility requirement) mailto:Rrandall@nmpbs.org

Clipper & Company was the sole vendor for providing Phase one services, which have been completed, and this begins phase two of an ongoing project to develop a Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative for New Mexico PBS. Clipper & Company is uniquely posed to provide ongoing services for phase two as they were the vendor that provided the services for Phase one. It is difficult to find a vendor able to provide phase two services and replace Clipper & Company in the middle of a project. Other vendors are unable to continue Phase two of the ongoing Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative with Clipper & Company. The annual community service grant that NMPBS receives requires a report on strategic planning & strategy development.

☐ Renewal of support/maintenance/subscription of software, technology or other intellectual property. (Check box and describe)

Clipper & Company provided Phase one services, which have been completed, and this is phase two of an ongoing project to develop a Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative. They are uniquely posed to provide ongoing services for phase two since they provided the services for Phase one. It is difficult to find a vendor able to provide phase two services. Other vendors are unable to continue Phase two of the ongoing Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative with Clipper & Company.

☐ Other Basis for Sole Source: Please describe below:

The report that will be produced by Clipper & Company will be more than just a strategic planning & strategy development report, it will be a comprehensive presentation and report on how New Mexico PBS can adopt a Collective Strategic Thinking, or CST, culture. It is designed to enable an organization's entire team to collectively think strategically, prepare effectively, and establish a culture of innovative thinking and long-range planning that will be specific to New Mexico PBS.

Clipper & Company provided Phase one services, which have been completed, and this is phase two of an ongoing project to develop a Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative.

The annual community service grant that is received by NMPBS requires a strategic planning & strategy development report, one that Clipper & Company is capable of producing.

III. SUPPLEMENTAL DETAILS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS

REQUESTED BELOW:

Describe in detail the unique capabilities of the proposed vendor’s goods/service and/or personnel performing the work and why this constitutes the only source. Focus on what is unique about the goods/service and why no other vendor could meet your needs.

Clipper & Company tailors their services to public broadcasting stations including, specifically stations like New Mexico PBS. The company will collect data through a series of engagement activities that will allow it to inform a strategic path for New Mexico PBS and recommendations on a way forward. This is Phase two of an ongoing Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative with Clipper & Company, so they are uniquely posed to provide ongoing services for phase two since they provided the services for Phase one.

Due to the unique nature of public broadcasting, and New Mexico PBS's important mandate, a much larger target audience is needed in comparison to services offered by other vendors. The unique knowledge and experience that Clipper & Company possesses with regards to public broadcasting, is not available from any vendors' offerings.

The community service grant requires a report on strategic planning & strategy development that is unique to NMPBS, and Clipper & Company is the only vendor capable of providing this service.

Describe the due diligence made to locate other possible sources including communications with other universities, communications with similar providers, web searches, yellow page searches, review of advertisements and trade publications, etc.

Due to the unique nature of this transaction, it is not possible to locate other vendors for this. There is no other potential vendor capable of providing PBS specific strategic planning & strategy development reports. Also, this is Phase two of an ongoing Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative with Clipper & Company, thus it is difficult to find a vendor able to provide phase two services.

List the other vendors who were contacted. Please describe the specs/qualifications/criteria that the other vendors were unable to satisfy.

Due to the unique nature of this transaction, it was not feasible to attempt to contact other vendors as no other vendors strategic planning & strategy development analysis and reports that are specific to public broadcasting stations, like New Mexico PBS. Clipper & Company is the only source within the PBS community that can provide the required services to complete this strategic planning & strategy development report. Other vendors are unable to continue Phase two of the ongoing Strategic Planning & Strategy Development initiative with Clipper & Company.