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Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

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Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

18 Jun 2019 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 3 of 5 serve military members, dependents, and civilians by providing critical education and career planning services. In addition to adult clients, the libraries provide resources for children in grades 6-12 to visualize their futures in order to efficiently plan for goal attainment through education. For older teens, young adults, and members transitioning into civilian life, the library provides support for exploring career interests, building and advising resumes and cover letters, as well as preparing applicants for job applications. To provide these services, The DoD Libraries need subscription software to provide these resources to their users.

Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

18 Jun 2019 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 4 of 5 is an all-in-one online education and career planning system that is sets the foundation for true PreK-12 comprehensive college and career planning solutions. Designed by career guidance experts, Navigator helps students in grades 6-12 visualize their futures and make the most effective and efficient plans to reach goals.

Journey is a tool specifically designed for postsecondary students, job-seeking adults, and those making military-to-civilian transitions. Journey supports students' exploration of career interests and occupations, selection of majors and programs, preparation for the workforce, and job-seeking. It provides users the ability to complete an interactive assessment of their interests to explore potential career options, work through guided resume and cover letter creation, explore interactive interview practice, and work through actual job searches. They also support search opportunities for all job types including internships, apprenticeships, and entry-level and temporary listings.

Kuder is a leader in the industry for creating assessments for age appropriate career and educational guidance

Kuder assessments are the sole source of psychometric, evidence-based, normed career assessment with 80 continuous years of research and measurable results. It is unique in its capability to provide reports to document with its value and Return on Investment (ROI).

While there may be other software providers that can provide portions of the capabilities being sought, none could be found or responded that could provide the full package of capabilities other than Kuder brand software suite.

Obtaining a full suite is pertinent and allows for continuity between the platforms and users as they age. Without this acquisition, the AF Library's mission to provide military members and their dependents with safe educational and recreational support would be seriously harmed or delayed without the latest, up-to-the-minute information and full service capabilities available from this subscription.

A Sources Sought was posted on beta.SAM.gov on 17 June 2020 for 14 days. This was an open market assessment release designed to identify potential sources to satisfy Governments requirements. Kuder was the only response for the requirement posted. Additionally, an intent to award on a sole source basis notice was posted on beta.SAM.gov on 6 July 2020 for 5 days and no qualified responses that could meet the requirements were received.

Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

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Air Force Services Center/ Services Programs Libraries (AFSVC/SVPL) will keep an open dialog with the users/ patrons and evaluate statistics to determine the necessity to use this resource to supplement its collection of research databases. AFSVC/SVPL will continue to survey the market for vendors to obtain competition in databases. The library uses publishers' advertisements, professional conferences, vendor demonstrations, customer suggestions and new publication reviews in conducting its surveys.

AFSVC/SVPL will attempt to obtain competition whenever possible by use of professional journals and trade exhibits. The AFSVC/SVPL personnel will continue to keep up-to-date and review new research databases to determine if another source will meet the needs of the students, faculty, and staff. We will also keep an open dialog with our patrons and usage statistics to determine the necessity for future purposes.