SSJ_Redacted.pdf

FORMAT

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

For purchases made under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Under $250,000)

Name and Location of the organization making the purchase:

Office of Infrastructure Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20590

Describe supplies and/or services being procured:

Provide FHWA with 1750 Single Use, Multi Course Codes for both Verified Certificate (VC) and Professional Education Certificate (PE)

The contractor shall work with the Office of Transportation Performance Management.

Name and Contact Information of Required Source:

Business/Organization Address:

Rationale supporting the sole source acquisition (Authority under FAR 13.106-1(b))

“(b) Soliciting from a single source:

(1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency*, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization).”

The FHWA TPM Team is conducting a two-year online Data Science/Analysis learning pilot using off-the-shelf online courses. After researching similar vendors ( was the only vendor that will allow FHWA to purchase off-the-shelf online Data Science and Business Analytics course codes in bulk that can be distributed to FHWA’s State, MPO, and other public agency partners without a requirement to also subscribe to a whole course catalogue per each registered user. This unique flexibility will also allow FHWA to test this pilot with a wide variety of external stakeholders, making adjustments along the way. While other vendors have comparable prices and course offerings and services, none of the other vendors offer this level of flexibility. The TPM Team has consulted with the National Highway Institute in developing the scope of this pilot and have been assured that the scale and complexity of this pilot requires the flexibility provided by .