70-U6900-26-CP392_091026 Teachstone Inc. 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.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

Date of Request Requisition Number (If Applicable) Request Submitted by: Title

Department Email Phone Proposed Vendor Amount

Vendor Address Term of Purchase

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:

Why is this purchase needed?

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)

Judy Loera Sr. Program Manager Early Childhood Services Center jramire1@unm.edu 505.250.6725

1551 Emancipation Highway,PMB 1290, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Training seats for staff to become certified in the CLASS assessment tool and/or maintain their current certification. Training materials for CLASS trainings. Training seats for staff to become certified to teach CLASS Interaction Essentials training modules and score sheets for conducting CLASS assessments in NM FOCUS and NM PreK classrooms.

We are required per our scope of work with NM Early Childhood Education and Care Department to train all staff within 6 months of hire and to ensure staff maintain their certifications for the entirety of their employment. Our scope of work outlines that we will offer CLASS trainings to educators every semester and that we will conduct CLASS observations as assigned by the ECECD.

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Teachstone is the only provider of the training seats, certification courses, and training/assessment materials.

$244,961.00

9/3/2026

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

FY27

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

☐ 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.

Teachstone is the only authorized vendor for CLASS 2nd Ed training and materials. Our scope of work requires us to use CLASS 2nd Ed.

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.

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

Conversations with early childhood state leaders in Arizonia, California, Louisiana, and Utah confirmed that that Teachstone is the sole source of CLASS 2nd Ed materials. Branaugh group, Early Childhood Pyramid Consortium, Lakeshore Early Learning, and Kaplan all do not sell CLASS 2nd Ed training, certification, or materials.

Branaugh group, Early Childhood Pyramid Consortium, Lakeshore Early Learning, and Kaplan all do not sell CLASS 2nd Ed training, certification, or materials.