Playaway products sole source posting

The City of Salem, Oregon is conducting a sole source procurement for Playaway exclusive products to support the Salem Library. This procurement is being pursued under the City's Public Contracting Rules, Section IV, which permits alternative source selection methods for specialized goods and services. Playaway Products, located in Solon, Ohio, has been identified as the sole source prospective contractor for this procurement. The notice was publicly posted on February 10, 2026, with a deadline for protests on February 16, 2026, and an anticipated contract award date of February 17, 2026. The procurement does not reference specific item quantities, site visits, or bidders' conferences. No detailed evaluation criteria beyond the sole source justification have been specified in the notice, as this procurement bypasses the traditional competitive bidding process.

This sole source procurement is structured as a five-year renewable agreement with an annual contract value of $30,000, bringing the total potential value to $150,000 over the five-year term. The City has established a protest mechanism allowing interested parties seven calendar days from the initial public notice date to submit written objections to the sole source determination. Any protest must be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check for $500 to cover processing costs and must include detailed legal and factual grounds, supporting evidence, a description of resulting harm, and specification of relief requested. Protests submitted after the established deadline will not be considered. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions on respondent types are noted in this notice, as the procurement is limited to the identified sole source vendor.