SSJ At or Below SAT_SDI_Redacted.pdf
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Justification for Sole Source Procurement
This is a Justification for Sole Source document supporting a simplified procedures procurement under the micropurchase threshold (MPT) to the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) for Purchase Request/Document Number N3169726RCNL019.
The Naval Leadership and Ethics Center (NLEC) at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island is procuring a renewal of Crucial Learning's Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) 2.0 assessment tool for a one-year period from August 21, 2026 through August 20, 2027. The service provides professional development assessments delivered via tokens (one token per student) supporting approximately 350 Prospective Executive Officer (PXO) students annually, with an additional four annual certification tokens enabling NLEC staff to become certified debriefers. The SDI 2.0 assessment is a mandatory curriculum component for NLEC's PXO course that helps participants build awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and conflict resolution capabilities—skills critical for Major Commanders, Commanding Officers, Executive Officers, Command Master Chiefs, and their spouses. The justification establishes sole source procurement based on patent, copyright, and proprietary data restrictions, as Crucial Learning is the sole and exclusive publisher of the SDI 2.0 assessment in the United States with no comparable commercially available alternatives. The contractor is VitalSmarts DBA Crucial Learning under CAGE Code 3GL44. No estimated total cost is disclosed in the provided document.
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Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104 command.
The Crucial Learning company is needed to ensure continuity of the existing contracted services for the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI 2.0) assessments. Crucial Learning is the sole and exclusive publisher of the SDI 2.0 assessment in the United States.
☒ A patent, copyright or proprietary data limits competition.
The Proprietary data is owned and maintained by Crucial Learning. There are currently no comparable services offered by any other vendor, as no one else has the rights to Crucial Learning’s products or services.
Other information to support a sole source action:
TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION:
I CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF
MY KNOWLEDGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCESSING OF THIS SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION
PRECLUDES THE USE OF FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.
I HEREBY DETERMINE THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING ONLY ONE SOURCE IS REASONABLY
AVAILABLE APPLIES TO THE CONTRACT ACTION.
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