S-10000-00013970 _6138 Final.docx

SOLE-SOURCE DETERMINATION MEMO

FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

ODHS Office of Contracts & Procurement

Contract specialist:

DAS Delegation 649-11, as amended

Estimated total contract value: $387,000

Description of goods or services: NurseLearn – Program Access Aug 2025-Dec 2026

1. Background: This sole source justification applies to the purchase of:

a) NurseLearn is a comprehensive learning program for nursing activities in community-based care (CBC) settings with content specific to Oregon’s regulatory requirements.

b) APD completed a competitive solicitation for a CBC nurse learning program in 2023; a single bid was received from NurseLearn. Since then, NurseLearn has implemented three programs designed to improve quality of nursing services, safety, and resident outcomes in CBC settings. This sole source contract request seeks to maintain access to program content for Oregon-licensed nurses and APD-licensed providers who require an understanding of the nurse role (licensed CBC facility administrators and adult foster home licensees).

2. Prospective contractor/vendor:

Protests are due by 3:00 PM within seven calendar days after the first date the notice is posted on OregonBuys. Protests must be sent via email to the following Email address: Protests via telephone will not be accepted.

Oregon Department of Human Services

Office of Contracts and Procurement

Agency reserves the right to amend and extend the contract for continued access to the comprehensive online learning program for a maximum period of 10 years, and increase the total consideration, accordingly, provided funding is available. Agency also reserves the right to negotiate a rate to update the online content due to state, federal, or both rule changes.

3. Written findings of fact (market research):

The findings below must include factual information supporting the determination that meet the sole source requirement in statute.

Pursuant to ORS 279B.075, Agency must conduct market research that supports the assertion that there is only one source that can provide the goods or services. Market research includes utilization of the internet, trade journals, agency vendor lists, professional organizations, studies, catalogs/industrial periodicals, vendor sources, yellow pages, etc.

For information technology contracts, any ownership or proprietary issues should be fully addressed with written documentation to support facts. [Attach supporting documentation, if applicable] Agency must select at least one of the findings and prepare the determination as it specifically relates to the good or service being procured. More than one finding can be addressed. The findings are as follows:

|X| Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(a): Provide findings supporting the determination that the efficient utilization of existing goods requires the acquisition of compatible goods or services from only one source. In 2023, APD placed a request for bids on OregonBuys seeking a comprehensive training program to support high quality nursing services in community-based care settings in Oregon. APD received a single bid from NurseLearn. A 24-month contract (starting in August 2023) was awarded to NurseLearn. The program is operational, with 30 online modules available to any licensed nurse in Oregon and customized with case studies, tools, and templates that are tailored to CBC settings as well as Oregon-based administrative regulatory requirements. The current request is to maintain access to this unique program. NurseLearn is the first and only program in the US that offers comprehensive, on demand courses across key aspect of CBC nursing and that offers a certificate in community-based care nursing.

or |_| Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(b): Provide findings supporting the determination that the goods or services required for the exchange of software or data with other public or private agencies are available from only one source. [Enter supporting documentation] or |_| Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(c): Provide findings supporting the determination that the goods or services are for use in a pilot or an experimental project. [Enter supporting documentation] or |_| Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(d): Any other findings that support the conclusion that the goods or services are available from only one source. [Enter supporting documentation]

APPROVED:

By:

Signed by DPO electronically via OregonBuys

Kirk N. Rhoades or acting DPO