October 2026 Certiport Sole Source Letter General_Signed (2).pdf
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This is a sole source authorization letter from Certiport, a business of NCS Pearson, Inc., dated October 2, 2026, supporting the Idaho Department of Administration's Division of Purchasing notice of intent to approve a sole source procurement for the Idaho Department of Corrections. Certiport is the sole provider of multiple industry certification and credential testing solutions, including Adobe Certified Professional, Microsoft Office Specialist, Cisco Certified Support Technician, Intuit QuickBooks Certified User, PMI Project Management Ready, Unity Certifications, and numerous career-focused certification programs. Certiport also serves as the exclusive distributor in North America for CertPREP courseware and practice tests, LearnKey, BrainBuffet, and other learning products. The Idaho Department of Corrections seeks to procure Certiport's software testing solutions; interested vendors may challenge this sole source determination within five business days of the notice closing date by submitting notice to purchasing@adm.idaho.gov in accordance with Idaho Code section 67-9221.
The sole source authorization is based on Certiport's exclusive market position as the global provider of the specified certification and testing programs. No specific pricing, contract term, renewal options, or funding information is detailed in the letter itself. The authorization letter serves to justify the sole source procurement determination and invokes the challenge process outlined in Idaho Code section 67-9232(4), allowing any interested vendor to formally object to the designation within the prescribed timeframe.
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October 2, 2026
To Whom It May Concern, Certiport, a business of NCS Pearson, Inc. is the sole provider of testing solutions, globally, for the following industry certification and credential programs:
• Adobe Certified Professional
• Apple App Development with Swift
• Autodesk Certified User
• Entrepreneurship and Small
Business
• Certiport IC3 Digital Literacy
Certification
• Cisco Certified Support Technician
• Certiport Information Technology
Specialist
• Intuit QuickBooks Certified User
• Intuit Certified Bookkeeping
Professional
• Intuit Design for Delight Innovator
• Intuit Personal Finance
• Microsoft Certified Educator
• Microsoft Office Specialist
• PMI Project Management Ready
• Unity Certifications
• Critical Career Skills
• Certiport Agriscience & Technology
Careers
• Certiport Health Sciences Careers
• Certiport Hospitality and Culinary
Arts Careers
• CertPREP Courseware
• CertPREP practice tests (powered by
GMetrix)
Certiport, a business of NCS Pearson, Inc. is also a global provider of the following industry certification and credential programs:
• Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate
• Microsoft Certified Fundamentals
• English for IT
Certiport, a business of NCS Pearson, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of CCI Learning Solutions’ e-books and courseware (including XED and Jasperactive), CertPREP Practice Tests (powered by GMetrix), LearnKey, BrainBuffet, for all the above programs in North America, as well as the exclusive distributor of select Bulb products in the United States K12 market. Pearson is the exclusive reseller of Knowledge Pillars WordPress certification solutions for K12 and Higher Education customers in the United States.
Pearson is also the exclusive distributor of MeasureUp practice tests in North America.
Additionally, Pearson is the sole source to academic organizations for MSi’s learning products for Microsoft Office Specialist, Adobe Certified Professional, Entrepreneurship & Small Business, PMI Project Management Ready, and IC3 Digital Literacy Certification programs, Agriscience, Health Sciences, Culinary Arts, Critical Career Skills and Intuit.
All products listed on this letter are copyrighted and are the property of their respective owners.
Certiport, a business of NCS Pearson, Inc. complies with the highest industry standards in assessing professional, technical skills for job roles at the early career level across a wide range of verticals. Pearson offers assessment and certification testing services in more than 150 countries, in 25 languages, worldwide. Through Pearson’s Certiport business, these tests are delivered through a network of over 14,000 Certiport Authorized Test Centers worldwide, with many titles also available through Pearson Professional Assessment’s 5,500 Pearson VUE Authorized Test Centers and OnVUE Remote Proctored channels, worldwide.
Certiport, a business of NCS Pearson, Inc. strives to provide every authorized testing center and every testing candidate with excellent service and support during their entire certification testing experience. Pearson is pleased to provide any additional information on its programs as needed. Please direct questions or comments to customerservices@certiport.com.
Thank you for your interest in our programs.
Sincerely, Soo Kang
Executive Partner, Portfolio Management
Soo Kang (Oct 5, 2026 12:12:15 EDT) mailto:customerservices@certiport.com mailto:customerservices@certiport.com https://pearson.na1.adobesign.com/verifier?tx=CBJCHBCAABAAcIdgSHKOs0Lp_loK-47H1u9-wbu7sPO3
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