Chapter 16 - Sole Source IT Procurements

In sole source procurements, a contract is negotiated and awarded without competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation. Therefore, it is the agency's responsibility to negotiate a contract that is in the Commonwealth's best interest. To be successful, the agency should have extensive knowledge of the market, the supplier's position in the market and substantiated price reasonableness information for the technology or service being procured. Written documentation of the negotiations shall be included in the procurement file incorporating the Price Reasonableness Determination Form found in Appendix B.