60-92400-26-34428_60-92400-26-34428 Sole Source Determination.pdf.PDF

2026 Sole Source Form

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

SOLE SOURCE REQUEST AND DETERMINATION FORM

A sole source determination is not effective until the sole source request for determination has been posted for thirty (30) calendar days without Protest and subsequently approved in writing by the State Purchasing Agent. The foregoing requirement is regardless of whether the sole source request for determination has been signed by the Agency.

I. Name of Agency: NM Public Education Department Agency Chief Procurement Officer: Ann Lucero Telephone Number: (505) 469-9893 Agency Contact for this request: Shawna Rosales Email Address shawna.rosales@ped.nm.gov

II. Name of prospective Contractor: Council of Chief State School SHARE Vendor Number (must be active): 0000027334 Address of prospective Contractor: Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 Contact Name, Telephone Number and Email Address: Adam Petermann, (202)336-7003, Adam.petermann@ccsso.org Amount of prospective contract before tax: $234,548.00 Estimated tax amount (tax is subject to change):

III. Term of prospective contract: Upon Sole Source Execution – June 30, 2027 Note: Please refer to §13-1-150 for contract term limits.

If this is an amendment request to an existing contract, include current sole source posting number issued by SPD:

IV. If this is a Sole Source for new or existing IT software licensing subscription(s), Agency is required to upload the Contractor’s draft Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Sole Source online submission.

V. Agency is required to provide the detailed scope of work (or amendment) for this sole source. Scope of work must match the scope included in the services determination and Horizons declination.

The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and

Docusign Envelope ID: 77AEDE1B-DDA8-8B4E-8095-C7D994734148Docusign Envelope ID: 1A4179D6-928A-83BC-83DC-708B7035E634 secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions. CCSSO provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues. The Council seeks member consensus on major educational issues and expresses their views to civic and professional organizations, federal agencies, Congress, and the public. CCSSO is the sole vendor for the following collaboratives:

1) The Chief Academic Officer/Chief Talent Officer (CAO/CTO) Collaborative. The

CAO/CTO Collaborative is reserved for senior, cabinet-level staff that oversee departments focused on talent, educator effectiveness, and standards and academics. The CAO/CTO Collaborative members lead the creation of policies in their states that improve teacher practice and leader capacity to support high-quality instruction aligned to college and career-ready standards. The CAO/CTO Collaborative supports states as they enhance their assessment, accountability, and curriculum and instruction systems to provide equity and inclusion for students with disabilities. New Mexico has three memberships in the CAO/CTO Collaborative.

2) The Systems to Elevate Excellent Teaching (SEET) Collaborative. The SEET Collaborative explores how states can establish and institutionalize structures that recruit and retain a high-quality, diverse, teaching workforce, as well as vehicles for teachers to meaningfully influence policy, strengthen instructional practice, elevate the teaching profession, and change the experience of teachers. New Mexico has one membership in the SEET Collaborative.

3) The School Leadership Development and Supports (SLDS) Collaborative. The

SLDS Collaborative assists states as they advance and implement school leadership workforce strategies to ensure that reliable and quality leadership guides students on every step of their journey through the education system. New Mexico has one membership in the SLDS Collaborative.

VI. Provide a detailed explanation of the criteria developed and specified by the agency as necessary to perform and/or fulfill the contract and upon which the state agency reviewed available sources. (Do not use “technical jargon;” use plain English. Do not tailor the criteria simply to exclude other contractors if it is not rationally related to the purpose of the contract.)

The CCSSO infrastructure and staff support meeting logistics and leadership, as well as providing the State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) with a budget to fund related research projects, leverage state resources, and create professional development products for member use. CCSSO is a nationwide, nonpartisan, and nonprofit membership organization. The only one of its kind to bring together the top education leaders across the nation.

The criteria developed and specified by the PED as necessary to perform or fulfill the contract upon which the PED reviewed available resources is established over the

Docusign Envelope ID: 77AEDE1B-DDA8-8B4E-8095-C7D994734148Docusign Envelope ID: 1A4179D6-928A-83BC-83DC-708B7035E634 years, and it involves the PED as a State Educational Agency needing to seek and access an entity that would be able to allow access to resources with educational leadership statewide, a network that involves all the state’s chief educational officers, and the ability to participate in federal policymaking. These efforts and agency necessity also allows the PED to remain even and competitive with other states in terms of quality in leadership provided to the State, in access to resources, in professional development and remaining part of a critical network, in terms of being able to continue to maintain the foundation for continued leadership to the State, and in terms of having a voice regarding education nationwide. The entity, and its collaboratives, is needed as an expectation for the PED in its role as a State Educational Agency providing educational services for students and families statewide.

The PED identified the following criteria as necessary to fulfill the purpose of this contract and used these criteria when reviewing available sources:

1. The organization must be a national organization whose membership includes the chief state school officers or equivalent leaders from all states and territories.

2. The organization must provide a formal structure for collaboration among state education agencies on educational leadership, policy development, and implementation of federal and state education initiatives.

3. The organization must provide access to established professional learning communities, workgroups, and collaboratives focused on assessment, academic standards, accountability, educator effectiveness, and other key responsibilities of state education agencies.

4. The organization must support state participation in national education policy discussions and provide opportunities for states to share best practices, research, and innovative approaches to improving student outcomes.

5. The organization must have the capacity to conduct, coordinate, or support multi-state research projects and develop resources, guidance documents, and professional development materials for member states.

6. The organization must provide the administrative infrastructure, staffing, and meeting support necessary to coordinate national and multi-state initiatives involving state education agencies.

7. The organization must have an established history of serving state education agencies and maintaining a nationwide network that enables direct communication and collaboration among state education leaders.

Based on these criteria, PED determined that the CCSSO is the only organization that meets all identified requirements. CCSSO is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization composed of the chief education leaders from every state. Through its established network, professional collaboratives, research activities, policy engagement opportunities, and leadership support services, CCSSO provides the resources and statewide educational leadership connections necessary for PED to effectively fulfill its responsibilities

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VII. Provide a detailed, sufficient explanation of the reasons, qualifications, proprietary rights or unique capabilities of the prospective contractor that makes their company the only source capable of providing the required professional service, general service, construction or item(s) of tangible personal property. (Please do not state the source is the “best” source or the “least costly” source. Those factors do not justify a “sole source.”)

CCSSO is unique in that it represents membership of the chief education officer from every state in the nation. CCSSO provides consensus on federal education matters before the Administration, Congress, and the U.S. Department of Education. CCSSO provides chief state school officers the opportunity to collaborate to solve shared problems, engage in professional development and determine priorities for collective state action.

VIII. Provide a detailed, sufficient explanation of how the professional service, general service, construction or item(s) of tangible personal property is/are unique and how this uniqueness is substantially related to the intended purpose of the contract.

CCSSO is a nationwide membership that focuses on ambitious reforms to prepare the next generation of learners for lifelong learning, meaningful work, and citizenship.

The CCSSO is the only membership of its kind in the nation.

IX. Provide a narrative description of the agency’s due diligence in determining the basis for the procurement, including procedures used by the agency to conduct a review of available sources such as researching trade publications, industry newsletters and the internet;;

contacting similar service providers; and reviewing the State Purchasing Divisions’ Statewide Price Agreements. Include a list of businesses contacted (do not state that no other businesses were contacted), date of contact, method of contact (telephone, mail, e-mail, other), and documentation demonstrating an explanation of why those businesses could not or would not, under any circumstances, perform the contract; or an explanation of why the agency has determined that no businesses other than the prospective contractor can perform the contract.

There are no other service providers with membership of all state education chief officers that serve the entire fifty (50) states and US territories. As the CCSO is the only entity with membership of all state education chief officers that serve the entire fifty states and US territories, no other entity could fulfill the needs of the agency.

Access to these resources, network, and ability to participate in this level for federal policymaking is a requirement, and the PED has familiarized itself with the other existing associations and organizations and has ascertained that there is no other source available to provide these services.

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Agency certifies this sole source submission complies with NMSA 1978, Sections 13-1-28 through 13-1-199, the New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) and Governmental Conduct Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 10-16-1 through 10-16-18.

Certified by:

Agency Chief Procurement Officer

Certifying Legal Sufficiency by: Date: ____________________

Agency Legal/General Counsel

Agency Approval by:

Cabinet Secretary/Agency or Entity Head or Designee

APPROVED: Date:____________________

State Purchasing Agent

If this sole source is being submitted by a governmental agency or governmental entity not under the authority of the State Purchasing Agent, the State Purchasing Agent’s signature is not required. The signature line may be removed from this form or marked as N/A. Hard Copy Documentation for Courtesy Postings do not need to be submitted to SPD for approval.

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Date:____________________

Date: ____________________

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