60-U6900-26-CP045_021926 Guidance Center Lea County SS.pdf.PDF

UNM Proposed Sole Source Form – Rev 04/07/2021

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 and the State of New Mexico Procurement website for 30 days prior to purchase of the goods/services if the request exceeds $60,000.00.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

Date of Request 02/12/2026 Requisition Number (If Applicable) Request Submitted by: Arthur Kaufman Title VP for Community

Health Department Office for Community Health Email akaufman@salud.unm.edu Phone 505-277-1936

Proposed Vendor Guidance Center of Lea County Amount $83,000.00 Vendor Address Guidance Center of Lea County

PO Box 907 Hobbs, NM 88241-0907

Contract Term

January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026

Buyer Team - See Commodity list at http://purchase.unm.edu/department-information/comm-code-listing.pdf

Provide a basic description of goods/services to be provided:

Community Health Worker (CHW) navigation to assist Older Adults with accessing benefit programs; Partner

HERO support to collaborate with CHW to serve Older Adults by addressing systems issues related to services for Older Adults and by linking to resources for Older Adults; Supervision of CHW and Partner HERO to support project implementation, ensuring that deliverables are met and reporting is completed.

Why is this purchase needed?

There is a great need for supportive services for Older Adults in Lea County. Many people, especially Older

Adults, experience social isolation as well as difficulties with accessing the resources that are available to them.

Under the Health Equity and Social Connectedness for Older Adults Project (HE+), Community Health

Workers and Partner HEROs will address these needs through individual service navigation, linking to resources, and addressing barriers. This project will support the Office for Community Health’s goal of addressing social drivers of health needs throughout the state.

http://purchase.unm.edu/department-information/comm-code-listing.pdf

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)

This service is available through the Guidance Center for Lea County because their staff has already been trained on providing services to Older Adults through the initial pilot of the HE+ project.

☐ Compatibility requirement with existing item, technology or service. (Check box and describe compatibility requirement)

The Guidance Center team is familiar with Redcap and Smartsheet, which are the required reporting tools for this project.

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

☐ Other Basis for Sole Source: Please describe below:

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.

The Office for Community Health was previously funded by NM Aging and Long-Term Services Department to provide support for Older Adults through the Health Equity and Social Connectedness for Older Adults pilot project. OCH worked with the Guidance Center of Lea County as one of the community sites. Because of their participation in the pilot project, The Guidance Center staff has received training on serving Older Adults, including the required HIPAA certification and Social Determinants Adversity for Older Adults training. The Guidance Center is experienced with providing successful navigation to services and has a Partner HERO on site. This organization is well staffed and trusted in the community.

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.

Prior to reaching out to the Guidance Center about working on HE+, OCH spoke with community health specialists to find a non-profit organization in Lea County that has the capacity for supervision and implementation of this type of project.

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