Rev. 01/2025

Sole Source Request (§24-103-205, C.R.S.)

This form must be completed to request consideration of a Sole Source. The form is to be completed by OEDIT staff and not vendors.

A Sole Source may be approved by the OEDIT Procurement Official when there is only one source that can reasonably meet the needed good, service, or construction item. All Sole Source requests will be posted on ColoradoVSS.

VENDOR INFORMATION

Company Name: Think 360 Arts for Learning

APPROVAL TERM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT

Check one:

This is a recurring procurement from (mm/yy) to (mm/yy).

X This is a one-time procurement for this good and/or service.

Estimated price per year, and for the full term of Sole Source (attach proposal, if applicable):

Product(s): $ /year, $ /term Service(s): /year, /term

DESCRIPTION OF GOODS/SERVICES

1. Has this Vendor provided similar goods and/or services in the past two (2) years?

X Yes. If yes, please provide an explanation of future purchases: Colorado Creative Industries has contracted with this Vendor since 2011 to provide statewide support for arts education, including teaching artist professional development programming. Since 2023, we have also contracted with them to serve in the capacity of grant administrator for the Equity in Arts Learning Grant program.

Using this Vendor again will allow for continuity in all areas of programming

No.

2. Describe in detail the goods and/or services to be procured and how they meet the division’s needs. Explain WHY we MUST procure this particular good and/or service (special features, compatibility, etc.):

Arts education services is part of CCI’s Partnership Agreement with the National Endowment for the Arts. Contracting with Think 360 for the Arts helps CCI leverage state and federal funding with planned programming in order to properly support arts education, teacher professional development and grant support for arts education programs at the state level. Expertise in community-based arts education work is highly specialized and relationship based. Since 1963, Think 360 has provided quality arts education to K-12 students, their teachers and their families. They employ professional teaching artists in music, theatre, dance, visual and literary arts. Think 360 has pre-existing networks to allow for this work to happen statewide and they

Rev. 01/2025 are dedicated to ensuring that rurally-located schools and art teachers receive access to the same arts programming and professional development resources as in the urban areas.

Since 2023, Think 360 has worked closely with CCI and other funding partners to build out the Equity in Arts Learning grant program. They currently administer this program and are area-experts in this particular grantmaking focus; changing vendors would cause a loss in momentum to this program.

3. Are there other goods and/or services that can meet the division’s needs?

Yes. If yes, please explain:

X No.

4. Future Purchases – Will this purchase obligate OEDIT to a particular vendor for future purchases?

Yes. If yes, please provide an explanation of future purchases:

X No.

PRICE REASONABLENESS

1. Were the prices or rates compared to established catalog or market prices?

Yes X No

2. Were the prices or rates compared to historical prices or rates for similar goods and/or services procured in the past?

X Yes No

3. Was a cost or price analysis conducted?

Yes. X No

4. If you answered “no” to 1-3 above, describe how the agency determined the prices were fair and reasonable, as required by §24-103-403 C.R.S. and §24-30-202 C.R.S.

Contract size was based on many years of previous work that Think 360 has completed on past contracts. In the past few years, there has been an increase in the total amount to account for additional grant funds that are administered through the Equity in Arts Learning Grant program, these funds are redistributed statewide.

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