Handshake Premium Talent Engagement Suite Licenses
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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Peace Corps
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20526, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice announces the Peace Corps' intent to sole source a contract with Stryder Corp, doing business as Handshake, for licenses to their talent engagement platform. The Peace Corps requires these licenses to support their core mission of increasing diversity among candidates and reaching candidates with hard to fill skill sets through Handshake's network of over 1,000 schools and 6 million students and graduates.
The Notice provides details on the requirement for 10 Handshake Premium Sourcer Licenses, 10 Premium Advanced Licenses, and Federal Expert Assist for an initial one year base period and three additional one year option periods. Interested parties have until February 21, 2024 to submit a written response establishing their capability to fulfill the requirement, however this is not a competitive solicitation and the Peace Corps retains sole discretion to proceed with a sole source award to Handshake. The Notice is for market research purposes only and the Peace Corps will not be responsible for any costs submitted in response. Responses should be emailed to the contracting officer at the provided email address.
Notice text
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
The Peace Corps, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Acquisition and Contract Management, on behalf of the Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection, intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Stryder Corp, 225 Bush Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA, 94104 dba Handshake, for 10 Handshake Premium Sourcer Licenses, 10 Handshake Premium Advanced Licenses and Federal Expert Assist.
Handshake has a reach of over 1,000 schools, alumni, and other organizations with over 6 million students and graduates using the tool. In addition, Handshake supports over 170 Minority-Serving Institutions and is the only technology platform that meets the Peace Corps' core mission and requirement to increase diversity of candidates, reach and recruit candidates with hard to fill skill sets, expand the number of universities that can be reached for events, update employer branding to attract qualified applicants, decrease time to hire, and deliver a data driven strategy for expanding recruitment and building new recruitment partnerships to build a more diverse talent pipeline. This requirement is for one 12-month base period and three twelve month option periods.
The Government intends to procure this requirement under FAR 13.106- l(b)(l)(i) - Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES nor a solicitation of offers. However, the Government will consider written responses from all responsible sources received by 5:00 pm Washington, DC local time February 21, 2024. Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes for future Market Research requirements. No formal solicitation package is available. The Government will not be responsible for any costs of preparation in response to this announcement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to the contracting Officer at hwilliams2@peacecorps.gov.
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