Justification - Fair Opportunity FAR 16
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 19AQMM26F0679
- Agency
-
Office of Acquisition Management
Department of State
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- LCFDL24D0001-19AQMM26F0679
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of State Office of Acquisition Management has awarded a sole-source order to Gartner, Inc. for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf research subscriptions under FEDLINK IDIQ contract LCFDL24D0001, with a total anticipated cost of $2,077,185.00 and a firm-fixed-price basis.
The award was made on June 1, 2026, to the Ralph J. Bunche Library on behalf of the Office of Inspector General. The requirement includes five separate Executive Programs v2 Guided Team subscription licenses: one Team Leader license, one Partner Member license, two CISO Self-Directed Member licenses, one CDAO Guided Team Member license, and two Advisor Member licenses. The contracting officer justified the sole-source award under FAR 16.507-6(b)(2), determining that only Gartner is capable of providing the required supplies and services at the necessary quality level due to the proprietary nature of Gartner's data repository, exclusive supply chain licensing, unique financial advisory services, and its publication of over 8,000 IT decision intelligence documents and tools annually—more than four times the output of comparable competitors. Services commence June 1, 2026, and end May 31, 2029, on a base-plus-2-year term. Fair and reasonable pricing was established by comparison to identical pricing on the FEDLINK IDIQ contract and GSA Library Multi-Award Schedule 47QTCA18D008L, supported by historical pricing data from previous orders. Place of performance is Stamford, Connecticut.
Notice text
This is a justification for limiting sources under FAR 16.
This requirement is for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) proprietary subscriptions, as follows:
- One (1) Executive Programs v2 Guided Team – Team Leader license
-One (1) Executive Programs v2 Guided Team — Partner Member license
-Two (2) Executive Programs v2 Guided Team – CISO Self-Directed Member license
-One (1) Executive Programs v2 Guided Team – CDAO Guided Team Member
- Two (2) Executive Programs v2 Guided Team — Advisor Member license
This requirement is off of FEDLINK IDIQ LCFDL24D0001. Award is to the following contractor: Gartner, Inc., 56 Top Gallant Road, Stamford, CT.
See attached justification.
Awarded contract LCFDL24D0001 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-06-01.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JOFOC - Gartner.pdf |
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