ABET Accreditation Maintenance

INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), 400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, for the annual ABET Accreditation Maintenance for the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Market research was conducted, and it has been determined that ABET is the only source that can provide the required accreditation services. ABET is the sole recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. The specialized and proprietary nature of their accreditation process, which has been in place for AFIT's programs since 1963, makes them the only source capable of providing the required services for the maintenance of accreditation for seven of AFIT’s engineering and applied science programs. Awarding a contract to any other entity would not be possible as no other organization is authorized to perform ABET accreditations.

In accordance with Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul, (RFO) 5.207(c)(15), the justification for the lack of competition is that the required proprietary service is only available from a single source. Therefore, this acquisition is being conducted under the authority of (RFO) 6.103-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements."

Submission Instructions and Points of Contact:

Interested parties who believe they can satisfy the requirements must provide a capability statement with clear and convincing evidence of their ability to do so. A simple statement of capability is not sufficient. All responses, questions, and capability statements shall be submitted via email to the following points of contact no later than 3 June 2026 at 11:00AM EST.

• Contracting Officer: [Candice Snow, candice.snow@us.af.mil]


• Contract Specialist: [Brian Algeo, brian.algeo.1@us.af.mil]

All correspondence sent via email must contain the subject line: "FA860126Q0054, ABET Accreditation Maintenance." Be advised that emails without this exact subject line or with prohibited attachments (.zip, .exe) may be blocked by network filters. Acceptable attachment formats are PDF, .doc, and .xls. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals or quotes. A decision by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Attachments:

• Performance Work Statement (PWS)


• Sole Source Justification (Redacted)