Justification for Sole Source At or Below SAT_Redacted.pdf
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This document is a Justification for Sole Source (Simplified Acquisitions) for NAVSUP Headquarters, seeking digital downloads of two Pearson Education culinary reference textbooks for Navy food service personnel. The specific titles are "On Cooking, A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals, 7th Edition" (QTY 700) and "On Baking, A Textbook of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals, 4th Edition", which are required for Culinary Specialist advancement studies and performance duties. Pearson Education is identified as the sole source provider, with no authorized resellers, and the required delivery date for the eBooks is 1 August 2025. The procurement is justified based on the textbooks being the primary source material for culinary rating knowledge and used in all Navy Culinary Specialist advancement exams across all tested pay grades.
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Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104
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Pearson Education’s On Cooking, A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals and On Baking, A Textbook of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals are the required culinary reference texts for every Navy command billeted with
Culinary Specialists or hosting a dining facility (DFAC)/galley. These titles in particular are the source material used for culinary rating knowledge in the Navy and are used for all Culinary Specialist advancement exams at all exam-tested paygrades.
Pearson is the publisher of the required reference texts and therefore is the sole provider of these eBooks. There are no authorized resellers of the above titles, and they are available for purchase only through Pearson
Education, as verified by Pearson on 26 June 2025.
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