Sole Source Justification-McNaughton Contract.pdf

This document is a Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition) for the McNaughton Library Book Lease contract. The 22 Contracting Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base intends to award a sole source contract to Brodart Company for maintaining a library collection of 1,100 book titles for the base library. The objective is to continue the current book lease program, rotating new books into the collection monthly, with book types including the newest bestsellers, popular fiction, nonfiction, large print, and biographies.

The justification for single source procurement stems from the significant logistical and financial challenges of transitioning to a new vendor. Changing vendors would require the library staff to manually discard 1,100 books, delete existing computer records, and spend considerable time processing new inventory. The contracting officer determined that competing and awarding to a different vendor would not be cost-effective. As a mitigation strategy, the document indicates that market research will be conducted in future efforts to identify potential alternative sources that could meet the government's needs.