A17_FAR_13_JA_UNDER_SAT_090122_edit_1.pdf

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Education

SINGLE SOURCE DETERMINATION USING

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP) UNDER THE

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD (SAT)

AUTHORITY: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

PR/SOL/CONTRACT # PR#40623063

CONTROL #

1. Contracting Activity: This document is a justification for single source determination under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Education, on behalf of the Baca Dlo’Ay Azhi Community School.

2. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs.

• Baca has a requirement for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company to provide education material professional development for staff.

• Date of award to April 30, 2024

• The estimated value of the proposed action is $40,722.33.

3. Identification of the single source to be solicited.

Name of Proposed Contractor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

4. Reason for authority cited. The contracting officer has determined the circumstances of the contract deem only one source reasonably available.

Identify only one of the following – remove the others on the finalized document:

X Other Insert: Only one available source

5. Rationale: Provide an explanation that supports the reason cited in #4.

Baca Dlo’Ay Azhi Community School requires Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company to provide professional development services with curriculum for the staff. These products are licensed and distributed exclusively by the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. See A21 MISC EEC Sole Source Letter in file.

Charmaine.Williams-J Text Box 23-0213

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6. A description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as is practicable, including whether a notice was or will be publicized as required by Subpart 5.2 and, if not, which exception under 5.202 applies.

Market research performed in 2022 and 2023 revealed that the Houghton is the exclusive sole source provider of this requirement, and no other vendor can provide this training using the materials provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

A notice of intent to Sole Source will be publicized at sam.gov and then a purchase order will be awarded to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

7. Under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), the undersigned hereby determines the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source is reasonably available as supported herein.

CHARMAINE

Digitally signed by

CHARMAINE WILLIAMS-JAMES

XWILLIAMS-JAMES Date: 2023.07.10 13:09:57

Contracting Officer