Sole source notice - two-day hostage rescue course

The City of Salem, Oregon is procuring a two-day hostage rescue training course on a sole-source basis from LH Strategic Solutions, doing business as ZebraOperatorGroup (Las Vegas, Nevada), with a protest deadline of July 8, 2026 and anticipated award on July 9, 2026.

The sole-source determination is made under the City's Public Contracting Rules, Section IV, which permits alternative source selection methods for goods, services, personal services, and professional services. The contract amount is $8,000 for the two-day course.

Affected persons may submit a written protest to the City Manager's office at 555 Liberty Street SE, Room 220, Salem, OR 97301 within seven calendar days of the July 2 public-notice posting. Protests must be accompanied by a certified check or cashier's check for $500 to cover processing costs and must contain a detailed statement of legal and factual grounds, supporting evidence or documentation, a description of resulting harm to the protesting party, and a description of the relief requested. Protests submitted after the seven-day deadline are untimely and will not be reviewed.