FA301620U0097 BNJ Crucial Skills - Finalv4 Signed Redacted.pdf

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

Section A: General Contract Information

Contracting Activity: 502nd Contracting Squadron (CONS) 1655 Selfridge Avenue, JBSA Lackland, TX 78236

Purchase Request/ Identification Number:

F2MTLE0065AW01/FA301620U0097

Project/Program Name: VitalSmarts Crucial Conversation Skills Kits

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options):

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

Crucial Conversation and Crucial Accountability participant kits provided by VitalSmarts and used for conflict resolution trainings and workshops at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center. (DLIELC). These are products consisting of specific training materials, not limited to CDs, MP3 Downloads, Software, Books and Workbooks, etc.

Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source

The 637th Training Group's (637 TRG) Leadership Development Program includes a mandated conflict resolution training block. This program supports a 500-member organization and is currently taught by instructors who have already attended training and received certification on the VitalSmarts brand of Crucial Conversations and Crucial Accountability. This training included an in-residence workshop and additional on-line virtual training spanning across 3-5 days, to properly train and use VitalSmarts program and participative kits. Additionally, VitalSmarts is the intellectual and real property owner for all VitalSmarts Crucial conflict resolution training copyrighted material. VitalSmarts and Insight Management (approved distributor) are the only sources capable of distributing VitalSmarts products. Based on these circumstances and IAW FAR Subpart 13.106-1, an award for VitalSmarts brand material is supported and most logical as a follow-on contract action to already procured VitalSmarts training. Procuring any other brand would not only result in an unacceptable delay, but is also determined uneconomical due to the requirement to retrain 9 instructors; the number of additional man-hours away from the office; and the waste of funds already obligated for VitalSmarts program training. These items were previously ordered using the GPC for a total of in October of 2019. The cost of the training for the 9 instructors cost to become certified in crucial skills.

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

Market research was conducted to find other vendors; however results concluded that VitalSmarts is the intellectual and real property owner for all VitalSmarts Crucial Conversations and Crucial Accountability copyrighted material and that as a distributor is capable of satisfying the Government's requirements for the materials required.

Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source Awards

This is a Brand Name Requirement with limited sources of supply. Acquisition team will continue to conduct market research on new efforts to determine potential future sources and the feasibility of obtaining equivalent conflict resolution training from other brands that fit the required school curriculum. We found fourteen potential contractors that have the same NACIS code 611430, but they can't provide this particular or a similar product.

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

Section F: Contracting Officer's Determination

I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is reasonably available.

Date

02-Jun-2020

Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer

CHRISTAL E. JACKSON, GS13

Signature of Contracting Officer Digitally signed by

Date: 2020.06.02 12:57:27 -05'00'