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SINGLE SOURCE DETERMINATION USING

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP)

FOR AN ACTION NOT EXCEEDING THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

(AUTHORITY: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1))

REQ# 143020-25-0001

1. Agency and contracting activity. Department of Commerce, NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition Division, Seattle SAP Branch and WA3, NOAA/GARFO.

2. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs (including the estimated value). Objective - Supervisor Team leadership development to support a vision of becoming a more highly performing team in order to best support GARFO and its employees and lead change within the organization. This will involve creating a shared vision for the Team and collective leadership model for GARFO and implementing that vision with increasing communication skills, self-awareness, and team effectiveness through both individual and group work. The leadership coaching will include an assessment of the current situation and challenges, including where Supervisors are on their own leadership journey, and integrating with the GARFO Leadership’s newly trained philosophies learned from the previous Leadership Training thru Team Catapult LLC.

Following analysis of the current situation and development of the desired (shared) vision, key action items and an action plan will be developed to ensure effective implementation and change management, including continued individual and group coaching through the implementation period. Team Catapult just completed a sole source contract (1305M323PNFFM0539) training GARFO’s Leadership team. The goal is to provide the same training to GARFO’s Supervisor team for consistency throughout GARFO on managing and leading its workforce and to support development of a collective leadership model that promotes organizational excellence, inclusivity, and innovation in order to meet NOAA Fisheries/GARFO’s mission and strategic goals.

The estimated cost of the award is

3. Identification of the single source or the brand name to be solicited.

Team Catapult LLC 23219 Stringtown Road, Ste, 190 Clarksburg, MD 20871 POC: Marsh Acker 301.637.6334 macker@teamcatapult.com

4. Supporting rationale. Only one source or brand name is reasonably available as detailed below:

☒ Other - Only one source is capable - Team Catapult is the only training team in the nation that provides this type of training and with the level of familiarity with NOAA Fisheries programs, including Right Whale and Wind programs. The vendor being selected has worked with other Leadership teams at NOAA NMFS in the past and has acquired this unique understanding of the issues that NMFS leadership face internally and externally. This unique perspective and knowledge of GARFO and its programs, as well as high priority issues for the Agency, allows for more specific coaching on the issues the NMFS leadership is facing and will result in a more effective coaching experience for the team and ensure successful completion of this leadership coaching program for GARFO’s supervisor team.

Team Catapult just completed a sole source contract (1305M323PNFFM0539) training

GARFO’s Leadership team. The goal is to provide the same training to GARFO’s Supervisor team for consistency throughout GARFO on managing and leading its workforce and development of a collective leadership model for the office to promote and advance organization excellence, which is critical to meet NOAA Fisheries/GARFO’s mission.

Team Catapult trainers all have the following certifications; Certificate Professional Co- Active Coach (CPCC), ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) and Certified Structural Dynamics Behavioral Interventionist, and will manage the engagement and be the primary coach. Team Catapult has worked with various parts of NMFS since 2006. One of their unique qualifications is that they are the only US based coaching firm with a certification program for Structural Dynamics – a researched and proven theory of face-to-face communication. In addition, their coaching approach for leadership teams is developed based on the research of Structural Dynamics and building communicative competence in teams.

5. Market Research.

Market research consisted of reaching out to Leadership Training vendors and requesting training program itineraries and certification programs and market research quotes. The results were as follows:

Cultivating Greatness,LLC – Did not appear to be capable of meeting requirements Team Catapult – Meets requirements

Based on the market research conducted and the justification provided above, Team Catapult is the single source with the capability to provide the training that is required by the GARFO team.