Sole Source Justification (Redacted)

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center has published a Sole Source Justification on behalf of the Peace Corps for a Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform procurement. This Special Notice relates to postings 140D0425Q0637 and 140D0425Q0721, which involve a follow-on contract with Canto, Inc. for cloud-hosted digital asset management services. The justification covers a base period of one year with four one-year option periods, running from November 20, 2025 through November 19, 2030. The procurement falls under NAICS code 513210 for Software Publishers and PSC category DA01 for IT and Telecom Business Application/Application Development Support Services. The notice was posted on October 8, 2025 with a response deadline of November 9, 2025.

The purpose of this sole source justification is to establish the rationale for continuing with Canto, Inc. as the exclusive provider of the Peace Corps' centralized digital asset management system, which manages print, digital, and multi-media brand assets. The system must support up to 750 permission-based end-users and 10 administrative users, include public access capabilities, and provide minimum 500 GB storage with cloud-based hosting. Key technical requirements include software integration, performance optimization for low-bandwidth conditions, complex metadata and search capabilities, and workflow management functionality. The justification cites significant transition costs of $160,000 to $370,000 for the first year alone, plus additional migration and training expenses, as support for the sole source determination. A previous Request for Information received 13 responses, but most vendors could not meet the specific technical requirements, further supporting the decision to continue with the incumbent provider.