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JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE (Simplified Acquisitions <$150K)

The service or material listed on [DOCUMENT NUMBER] is sole source and competition is precluded for reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available for this material or service.

Restricted to the following source. LinkedIn Corporation. (If a sole source manufacturer distributes via dealers, ALSO provide dealer information.)

Manufacturer: LinkedIn Corporation_______________________________________________

Manufacturer POC & phone nr. Rob Whiteside, Navy/USMC Account Rep, 202-560-4195

Mfr. address 1000 W Maude, Sunnyvale, CA 94085__________________________________

Dealer / Rep _N/A______________________________________________________________

Dealer / Rep address / phone nr. __N/A______________________________________________

Identification of the justification rationale. The statutory authority permitting the restriction of schedule contractors to fewer than that required to be considered in 8.405-1 or 8.405-2 is the

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 501), as implemented by

FAR 8.405-6. The justification for limiting sources is that only one source is capable of responding to the unique and specialized nature of work required within USFFC. USFFC must ensure our recruitment teams have the necessary training, tools and support to maintain or increase the quality of hires while working within the constraints of limited resources. LinkedIn access will provide the command’s HR specialists the ability to utilized over 28 Direct Hire

Authorities (DHA) and maximize the use of DoD’s, Cyber Excepted Service’s Noncompetitive hiring authorities (USA Staffing does not support DHA). In addition, access will grant recruiters direct access to recently separated military members who are provided with a one year complementary subscription to LinkedIn versus any other online recruitment tool enabling the

HR specialist to directly target this group of newly transitioned former service members who already possess the specific skillets and clearances necessary to fill critical vacant civilian positions. The use of this platform will greatly increase the FLTHROs toolsets available to the specialist ensure they are capable of attracting candidates possessing highly sought after skills sets across the DoD providing the hiring manager with a sufficient pool of highly qualified and diverse applicants required to meeting its operational requirements.

Description of the item or service required, the estimated cost, and required delivery date.

Individual account access to the LinkedIn platform for targeted recruiting and direct hiring;

posting of 40 jobs per month in support of USFFC and its subordinate commands; resume repository; to be accessed by six (6) assigned recruiters and eight (8) assigned administrators from the Fleet HROs. The individual LinkedIn employer account would allow for positions to be posted and an organization landing page promoting USFFC and its subordinate commands overall mission, and benefits of being employed with us. Developing employment branding will better position the agency to achieve greater results recruiting high quality hires.

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LinkedIn Web-based Electronic Recruiting Services – 98,980.00 a year.

Total estimate is $197,960.00

Specific characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to a sole source

(unique features, function of the item, etc.). Describe in detail why only this suggested source can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources.

As the Department of the Navy moves away from traditional competitive forms of hiring to non-competitive forms, utilizing almost exclusively direct hiring authorities (DHA), for critical hiring needs or severe shortage of candidates. LinkIn is the only professional networking platform that boasts an exclusive relationship with the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Transition Assistance

Program (TAP). Service members receive a complimentary one-year subscription account to

LinkedIn to support their transition while exiting the military. Transitioning service members with complimentary LinkedIn accounts will be able to post their resumes to be recruited by

USFFC and its subordinate commands who can utilize their skills. LinkedIn will allow

FLTHRO recruiters to target these former service members who possess unusually high qualifications and or unique experience and/or skills that meet special needs of the command.

LinkedIn allows for recruiting/direct hiring, job posting, and organizational promotion all in one place, where sought-after former service members will have access through their complimentary one-year subscription to the platform. This recruitment effort is necessary to quickly fill vacant civilian positions and to support recruitment activities designed to obtain a diverse workforce and achieve a representative workforce.

Other information to support a limited source buy: The ability to recruit and directly hire talented individuals will serve to decrease hiring timelines and allow the FLTHRO to more quickly get the right people in the right positions at the right time to support the warfighters of USFFC at home and abroad.

__X__ The requested material or service represents the minimum requirements of the government.

CHECK & FILL IN ALL APPLICABLE BLANKS BELOW

_N/A__ The material/service must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit and function) with existing systems presently installed/performing. Describe the equipment/function you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect, or interface with the existing system.

__N/A__ A patent, copyright or proprietary data limits competition. The proprietary data is __________ ivy.cuffee Highlight ivy.cuffee Highlight

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_N/A__ These are “direct replacements” parts/components for existing equipment.

____ Other information to support a sole source buy:

I CERTIFY THAT STATEMENTS CHECKED, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE, ARE

COMPLETE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE

PROCESSING OF THIS SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION PRECLUDES THE USE OF FULL AND

OPEN COMPETITION.

Signature ______________________________ Title: Administrative Officer______________

Activity: Fleet Human Resources Offices_____ Date _10 September 2024_________________

Contracting Officer Signature ____________________________________________________________

Date ________________________________

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