Sole_Source_Justification_for_2018_FBO.doc

SOLE SOURCE OR LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

(APPLICABLE TO PURCHASES $3,000 - $100,000)

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Contracting Activity:

Corporation for National & Community Service

Office of Procurement Services

250 E Street, SW

Washington, DC 20525 2.

Purchase Request Number:

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Authority for Action: Check applicable box for either GSA or open market action

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FAR 8.405-6(a), Restricting Consideration under GSA Federal Supply

Schedules

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FAR 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a Single Source

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Describe the supply or service to be acquired and the total estimated dollar value:

The 2018 National Mentoring Summit, a premier event for the national mentoring movement will be held January 24 - 26. The National Mentoring Summit brings together more than 1,000 attendees from the youth mentoring, government, civic, research and corporate sectors.

The Summit provides a venue to share effective and innovative practices, discuss new research, focus on professional development and create a shared agenda to drive systemic change that integrates mentoring as a key strategy in supporting the millions of young people who want and need a mentor. Presenting Partners of the National Mentoring Summit represent key movement leaders and recognize mentoring as a key component of their overall organizational strategy. Presenting Partners serve in the role of funder, government agency, or intermediary organization and promote mentoring as a key strategy in positive youth development.

CNCS will receive:

· Organization name recognition on printed materials

· Two complimentary event registrations

· One complimentary exhibitor booth

· Two reservations for a member of your organization’s executive leadership to attend the invite-only pre-Summit VIP reception at the Library of Congress on January 24, 2017

· Social media acknowledgement on Facebook and Twitter

· Brand visibility on event webpage and event emails

· Template communications materials to promote the Summit on your organization’s website, through email and via social media

· VIP seating during all plenary sessions

· Verbal recognition at the podium during a plenary session

· Speaker at the VIP event at the Library of Congress 5.

List the proposed contractor (name, contact, and phone number) and describe the unique knowledge or capabilities of the proposed contractor:

The 2018 National Mentoring Summit, a premier event for the national mentoring movement, will be held January 24 – 26, 2018. The National Mentoring Summit brings together more than 1,000 attendees from the youth mentoring, government, civic, research and corporate sectors.

The Summit provides a venue to share effective and innovative practices, discuss new research, focus on professional development and create a shared agenda to drive systemic change that integrates mentoring as a key strategy in supporting the millions of young people who want and need a mentor. Presenting Partners of the National Mentoring Summit represent key movement leaders and recognize mentoring as a key component of their overall organizational strategy. Presenting Partners serve in the role of funder, government agency, or intermediary organization and promote mentoring as a key strategy in positive youth development.

MENTOR: The Mentoring Partnership

POC: Julie Babyatzky 201 South Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02111

PH: 617.303.4600. Web: www.mentoring.org 6.

Describe your market research efforts and efforts to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as is practicable:

There is no other mentoring conference that is national in scope and convenes national service grantees, youth, practitioners, and researchers, from all levels of the mentoring sector. There are other conferences that reach specific audiences in mentoring, but do not have the broad reach that is required of the National Mentoring Summit to market our agency in the streamlined and cost effective platform to support our agency mission. Examples of similar conferences that target specific sectors of mentoring, include:

The Mentoring Institute at UNM Mentoring Conference (http://mentor.unm.edu/conference/) - Each year, the Mentoring Institute hosts its annual mentoring conference. It features four keynote/plenary sessions and over 300 presentations total, the 2014 conference brought close to 700 people to New Mexico. We aim to host a broad constituency, which includes divisions of higher education, academic researchers, educators, community leaders, administrators, non-profit partners, government agencies, and other professionals. At the 2014 Mentoring Conference, 87% of attendees were faculty, staff or students from higher education. The remaining 13% are from the areas of health care, government, non-profit, and corporate/business.

The IUPUI National Mentoring Symposium (http://symposium.uc.iupui.edu/) – The Mentoring Symposium is a one-day national conference for students who work as peer mentors in various capacities. This event allows for peer mentoring programs from around the nation to come together in an effort of personal and professional development. Peer mentors, program staff, and faculty will enhance their skills and increase their understanding of strategic methods to mentor students.

The National Mentoring Symposium (http://nmsevent.com/) - Canada’s second national conference on mentoring and will strive to advance the unique contributions of mentoring to the well- being of children and youth, volunteer mentors and communities across Canada by highlighting innovative partnerships, promising practices or programs and the state of the research.

International Mentoring Association Conference (http://mentoringassociation.org/conference-2015/) - Best Practices in Mentoring: Tools & Strategies for Success” offers opportunities for to share tips, tools, and ideas that have worked best for you and your organization, to learn effective tools and strategies from others, and to build your mentoring network.

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State why you feel that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable:

The anticipated cost to the government will be fair and reasonable based on a comparison of the historical pricing information available from the last three years of sponsorship package purchases.

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Other: N/A