Ken Blanchard Training Materials

Contract FA813926D0001 is an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) agreement awarded by the Department of Defense, specifically the Air Force Sustainment Center at Tinker AFB, to Blanchard Training and Development, Inc. The contract provides for the procurement of copyrighted leadership training materials and electronic instruction aids, including courses such as SLII Experience v2.0, Building Trust, and Team Leadership. These materials support mission-critical leadership development for the 76 Software Engineering Group, utilizing in-house instructors who are already Blanchard-certified. The procurement was conducted as a sole-source action under FAR Part 12 and Simplified Acquisition Procedures due to the contractor's exclusive ownership of the intellectual property and copyrights. The contract structure consists of one base year and four option years, with an estimated total value ranging between $200,535.00 and $414,935.00. Deliverables include various physical and electronic course materials with quantities ranging from 40 to 400 units per item, shipped FOB Destination with a delivery lead time of 30 days after receipt of order. Performance is primarily centered at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. Because the award is based on proprietary content and certified instructor requirements, no competitive evaluation factors were established, and the award was justified by the lack of commercially available alternatives.