FA568225P0051_single_source_justification_CO signed_Redacted.pdf
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This Single Source Justification document details a 5-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Train the Trainer Course for 10 Aviano Air Base members, to be purchased from LivingWorks Education USA. The 31st Contracting Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, is seeking to sole-source this training, with a firm-fixed-price purchase order, based on LivingWorks being the only vendor capable of providing this specialized suicide intervention instructor certification.
Extensive market research confirmed LivingWorks as the exclusive provider of this specific training, with no other vendors identified as meeting the requirement. The document notes that 13 military bases and the FBI have previously used this training in the last three years. A Notice of Intent to Sole Source was posted on Sam.gov from 29 August 2025 to 5 September 2025, with no competing vendors responding. The contracting officer determined that LivingWorks is the only known business capable of providing the required evidence-based suicide intervention skills training to certify instructors.
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Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
November 2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 2 of 2
Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition
Extensive market research was performed to identify other companies that could provide in-person suicide intervention training and certify members as instructors. All bases have only used LivingWorks as no other vendors have been identified as able to meet the requirement. Furthermore, it was discovered via market research performed on FPDS-NG that 13 bases have used the ASIST Train the Trainer Course through LivingWorks as well as the FBI within the last three years. Finally, a Notice of Intent to Sole Source was posted on Sam.gov on 29 August 2025 and closed on 5 Septmeber 2025. No vendors responded with the capability to meet the requirement.
Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source or Brand Name Awards
Market research was performed, and no third-party companies were identified with the ability to provide an evidence-based suicide intervention skills training meeting the required standards. There are no other known businesses at this moment in time that can provide the services that the USAF is looking for that can specifically provide the ASIST training. LivingWorks is the only known business in the market that can provide the specialized training and until other businesses are capable of providing intervention specific training that LivingWorks can provide, future awards relating to this training will be solely handled by LivingWorks. Exhaustive market research will be conducted for all subsequent suicide intervention training requirements for new vendors capable of meeting the requirement. As the customer requirement and regulations change in the future, 31 CONS will continue to utilize tools such as a Sources Sought Notice to determine if new capabilities exist in the market.
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
05-Sep-2025
Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer
Jessica Cuccagna, Contracting Officer
Signature of Contracting Officer
CUCCAGNA.JESSICA.145817
Digitally signed by
CUCCAGNA.JESSICA.1458177917
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