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Sole Source Award for Coursera Enterprise Licenses for Great Plains Region

This notice announces a sole source award by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pacific Region Office, for Coursera enterprise licenses. - Agency: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Region Office - Award Type: Sole source, Firm-Fixed Price order - Vendor: Coursera, Inc. (SAM UEI: US2NXMCA1373) - Product/Service: Enterprise licenses for the Coursera online education platform - Includes exclusive access to courses curated by DeepLearning.AI - Justification: Coursera is the sole developer and provider of the platform, with proprietary and exclusive content - Regulatory Reference: FAR RFO 12.201(a) (sole source justification) - NAICS Code: 513210 (Software Publishers) - Business Size Standard: $47 million - No other vendors, products, or part numbers are specified - No quantity or period of performance details provided

Description

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE ORDER. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITVE PROPOSALS. The United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pacific Region Office (PRO), intends to enter into a sole source Firm-Fixed Price order with Coursera, Inc. SAM UEI: US2NXMCA1373, a non-owned Indian Owned Small Business, for Enterprise Licenses,under the authority of FAR RFO 12.201(a), Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Coursera Inc. is the sole proprietor, developer, and provider of the Coursera online education platform. Coursera possess unique, proprietary capabilities that cannot be replicated by alternative commercially recognized AI-training vendors. Coursera is the exclusive enterprise provider of courses curated by DeepLearning.AI. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 513210 and the Business Size Standard is $47 million. This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source only. This is not a request for competitive quotes, solicitation announcement or an announcement for a forthcoming solicitation or RFQ. No combined synopsis/solicitation, solicitation, or solicitation package will be issued for this procurement. No technical questions will be answered regarding this requirement. No telephone or mail responses will be accepted. The point of contact for this requirement is Jodi Zachary, Contract Specialist, jodi.zachary@bia.gov.

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