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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.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

Date of Request 5/12/26 Requisition Number (If Applicable) 216042296

Request Submitted by: Stephanie Grant Title Financial Officer

Department Law School Email grant@law.unm.edu Phone 277-9044

Proposed Vendor Center for Civic Values Amount 306,613 ~ per year

Vendor Address 20 First Plaza Ctr NW, Suite 307 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Term of Purchase

July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2031

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:

The Center for Civic Values (CCV) received NM State Appropriations on HB2 to plan and implement the 2026-2027 Gene Franchini High School and Middle School Mock Trial Programs in accordance with the Legislature’s intent.

Why is this purchase needed?

The University of New Mexico entered into a MOU with the Center for Civic Values to Provide fiscal agent services for this appropriation. The Law School will process a standing requisition for FY27. The CCV will provide invoices to UNM Accounts Payable for payment.

The Law School will process receipts for the invoices.

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

The Gene Franchini High School and Middle School Mock Trial programs are an innovative, hands-on experience in the law for high school and middle school students of all ages and abilities. Hundreds of NM teenagers and their teacher advisors and attorney coaches spend the better part the school year researching, studying and preparing a hypothetical courtroom trial involving issues that are important and interesting to young people.

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

The Law School will provide fiscal services by utilizing the existing UNM purchasing process. The Law School will process a standing requisition for FY27. The CCV will send invoices to Accounts Payable. The Law School will process receipts for payment of the invoices.

The Gene Franchini High School and Middle School Mock Trial program dovetails with the Law School and University’s mission to offer New Mexicans and others access to high quality educational, research and service programs.

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

A. The New Mexico Legislature appropriated funds in the amount of $311,600, intended for the Law School to provide support for New Mexico high school and middle school mock trial programs (see HB 2, Laws 2026, Ch. 67 “General Appropriation Act of 2026”.

B. CCV is the administrator and host of the Gene Franchini High School Mock Trial program (“Program”).

C. It is the intent of the parties that CCV shall administer the Program using the funds appropriated by the Legislature and that Law School shall act as fiscal agent for the Program.

☐ Other Basis for Sole Source: Please describe below:

Please see attached MOU.

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.

CCV agrees to plan and implement the 2025-2026 Gene Franchini High School and Middle School Mock Trial Programs in accordance with the Legislature’s intent. This includes, but is not limited to:

A. Coordinating a statewide high school and middle school mock trial programs which develops students in the area of:

1. Listening, public speaking, reading, and critical thinking;

2. Increasing students’ understanding of the judicial system and resolving disputes;

3. Analyzing information presented verbally, visually, or in written format;

B. Preparing a mock trial problem for use in statewide competition;

C. Coordinating registration of all school teams, volunteers, and scoring judges, as well as students competing in the courtroom artist and courtroom journalist portions of the competition;

D. Coordinating and training volunteer judges, attorneys, and other legal community members to evaluate and score students’ performances;

E. Assisting the high school state champion team in preparing for the national high school mock trial competition;

F. Collaborating with the Law School to create enriching experiences for high school and middle school students and the Law School’s students;

G. Ensuring the safety of all participants in the Programs, and ensuring that, to the extent they may apply to the Program’s activities, all participants abide by all policies of the University of New Mexico (“UNM”), including but not limited to UNM’s Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual Policy 2205: Minors on Campus. UNM’s policies are found at https://policy.unm.edu/, and are incorporated into this MOU. CCV agrees that it shall provide all material, labor and equipment necessary to implement the Programs, and that Law School shall have no obligation to provide manpower, equipment, material or space, beyond its obligations in this MOU, to support the Programs.

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.

The Law School has in the past provided fiscal agent services for the CCV for the Gene Franchini High School Mock

Trials program since this dovetails with the Law School and University’s mission to offer New Mexicans and others access to high quality educational, research and service programs.

Ref: FY21 P0172439; FY22 P0186689; FY23 P0195477; FY24 P0202590; FY25 P0213371; FY26 P0222960

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

No other vendors were contacted as this program is being financially supported by NM State Appropriation HB 2, Laws 2026, Ch. 67 (“General Appropriation Act of 2026”) specifically for the Center for Civic Values.