5809 - Sole Source Justification Letter - Crisis Prevention Institute.pdf

This is a Sole Source Justification Letter from the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) addressed to an unspecified recipient, dated May 23, 2023. The letter asserts that CPI is the worldwide leader in evidence-based de-escalation and crisis prevention training with extensive experience across education, health care, human services, and retail sectors. CPI offers multiple proprietary training programs including Verbal Intervention, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention with Advanced Physical Skills, Dementia Capable Care, Prevention First Online Training, and Classroom Culture, along with specialty topic programs addressing trauma, mental health, and autism spectrum disorder. The company contends that its unique training materials and methods, which are protected by copyright and trademark, make competitive bidding unnecessary.

The justification provided by CPI's General Counsel, John E. Murray, relies entirely on the company's claimed intellectual property rights and proprietary training methodologies as the basis for sole-source procurement. However, the letter lacks specific contract details, pricing information, term length, renewal options, or any connection to the related Lane Community College food services procurement opportunity. The disconnect between this sole-source justification and the campus food services RFP indicates these documents may have been incorrectly associated or that the letter was included as background material unrelated to the primary food services solicitation.