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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 if the request exceeds $60,000.00.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

Date of Request 8/11/26 Requisition Number (If Applicable)

Request Submitted by: Amy Thompson Title Program Manager Department UNM Continuing Education Email Athompson8@unm.edu Phone 505-277-6033

Proposed Vendor Cengage Learning/Ed2go Amount $400K

Vendor Address PO Box 760 C/O Ed2Go Temecula, California 92593-0760 United States

Desired Contract Period

Through FY27

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

Online instructor led classes covering a wide variety of topics in professional development and personal enrichment areas.

Why is this purchase needed?

Ed2go provides instructor-led six week and half a year to a yearlong course covering a wide variety of topics from professional development and training to personal enrichment. Their courses are clear, concise, and accessible. This is a highly successful program that increases our capacity to offer training to a regional, national and international audience. Our enrollments consistently place us in the top 25 Universities offering courses through this vendor. Our other online vendors offer instructor-guided or self-guided training. This vendor is the choice of students who prefer higher interaction with instructors. These classes have been advertised in the catalog and in other print marketing materials.

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) mailto:Athompson8@unm.edu

☐ 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:

UNM Continuing Education offers online training through several vendors and we’re open to additional training providers. The relationship with Ed2go doesn’t preclude us from working with other companies, but we want Ed2go classes to be part of our offerings because of the variety and quality of the classes they have in their repertoire.

Ed2go’ curriculum is current and relevant. Our students receive the information needed in a format that is easily navigated. Ed2go provides exceptional customer service for Continuing Education and for our students. Ed2go courses offer alternatives to students whose class has been cancelled due to low enrollments. It also offers an alternative for those whose employer cannot afford to give an employee time out of the office to complete training.

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 Ed2go classes are popular among students. Ed2go curricula are well-structured, current and relevant. Our students receive the information needed in the format that is easily navigated. Ed2go provides exceptional customer service for Continuing Education and for our students. We can set our own tuition for these courses to make it competitive.

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.

If another vendor providing instructor-led training approached us about a partnership, we would consider their curriculum as well. Included in that decision would be quality of training, quality of curriculum, level of support for students, ease of site navigation and tuition split. UNM CE offers several online training vendor options through partnerships. We also receive invitations from other vendors. These kinds of workforce training options are reviewed through contact at conferences, events, and customer calls. We check other school websites to research additional partnerships. Ultimately, we want to work with any provider who has a responsive and high-quality product.

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

UGotClass – ease of navigation and ability to effectively handle our volume.

CareerStep - they offer long-term instructor-guided training in specific professional areas (current partner) World Education – this vendor is unresponsive to staff and student inquiries to review training products Gatlin – they offer long-term instructor-guided training in specific instructional areas JER Online – this vendor was rejected. Their website is difficult to navigate, and they weren’t responsive to CE requests for information.