Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc.

This acquisition is for education and training regarding workplace violence for staff at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Office of Workforce Management and Development.

•            Product Service Code: U099 – Education/Training - Other

•            NAICS Code: 611430 – Professional and Management Development Training

•            Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

POTS: 26-001142

Description:

This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation.  A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc., located at 10850 W Park Pl, Milwaukee, WI 53224, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide workplace violence prevention education and training for staff at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Office of Workforce Management and Development.

The proposed vendor, Crisis Prevention Instutute, Inc., is the only source available to provide the required refresher course that is tied to the workplace violence prevention training courses provided in previous years. Having to find a new vendor would require numerous extra steps and extra hours worked, to recreate a training that meets the organizational needs.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.  Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the NIH, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Kristin Nagashima, Contract Specialist via email to Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by February 2nd, 2026 at 10am EST.