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DETERMINATION

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SINGLE SOURCE OR BRAND NAME SOURCE SOLICITATION - FAR 13 (≤SAT)

1. Contracting Agency: Department of Defense Education Activity – Procurement Division

2. Description of Supplies and Services: Executive Strategic Planning Conference Support

Vergys LLC has been working extensively with the DoDEA Senior Executive Service (SES) leadershipteam since April 2019 to provide enterprise-level leadership coaching in concert with strategic planningsupport.

Over the course of the past two years, Vergys has conducted a thorough needs assessment of the SES leadership team situated within the unique organizational landscape of DoDEA.

Building upon the needs assessment from 2019, Vergys continues to provide ongoing individual SES coaching sessions specifically targeting areas identified for growth. Vergys reinforced theseindividual sessions with the SES leadership team as a cohort at bi-annual strategic planning meetings in November2019 and February 2020.

As part of the collective development of the SES leadership team, Vergys also recently producedan organizational sustainment plan, which includes follow-on work for our executive leaders. The SES teamwill need to come together as a cohort in the October 2020 and February 2021 strategic planning sessionsto constructively address the recommendations of the sustainmentplan.

As the author of the sustainment plan and the originator of the larger body of ongoing executivedevelopment work, Vergys LLC is the sole source of the necessary follow-on consultation and facilitation servicescrucial to finishing this years-long effort and reaping the full benefits of the executive leadership coaching project for our organization.

3. Description of Action: A Firm fixed price contract is planned to be awarded to Vergys LLC,doing business as, Vergys LLC (CAGE code: 587W9) . Anticipated delivery will be October 19th. FY21 Operating and Maintenance (O&M) funds are subject toavailability of funds(SAF). The requirement will be for a 12-month period only.

4. Authority: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

5. Market Research: Over the course of the past two years, Vergys LLC has provided a sequenceof foundational services critical to DoDEA’s executive leadership team development. Each deliverablehas successively built upon the last, and the work is not yet complete. The SES team has an outstanding requirement for two follow-on strategic planning sessions in October 2020 and February 2021. Noother vendor is positioned with the existing historical, institutional, and relational knowledge to providethese follow-on services. This requirement is for proprietary products and/or product support and nocompetitor functional replacement products exist in the market at this time to meet the Government'sneed.

FAR 13 Determination At or BelowSAT

SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION-SEE FAR 2.101AND 3.104

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY

6. Rationale for Single Source or Brand Name:

Upon the basis of the following justification, I, as the Contracting Officer, hereby approve this action for justification for the proposed contract action pursuant to the authority cited above as the particular services for Executive Strategic Planning Conference Support is essential to the Government's requirements. Market research indicates other companies' products do not meet, or cannot be modifiedto meet, the agency's needs.

Based on the justification provided by the a determination hasbeen made to issue a sole source solicitation to Vergys LLC as the only authorized vendor for theabove-described requirement.

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Technical Certification (required): I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance andwhich forms a basis for this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge andbelief.

Determination

Contracting Officer (required): I certify that the facts and representations included in this determination are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. I hereby determine thatthe circumstances of this contract action deem only one source reasonably available and the anticipatedcost to the Government will be fair and reasonable. Approval is granted subject to the availability offunds and provided that the products/services described herein have otherwise been authorized foracquisition.

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