Salt Lake City Public Notice of Intent to Waive a Procurement Process/Utilize Cooperative Contract - Sponsored Project

The City of Salt Lake City, through the Salt Lake City Police Department, intends to award a contract without competitive solicitation to Sentinel Strategies Group LLC for sponsored research focused on violent crime reduction, a project previously conducted in collaboration with the University of Texas San Antonio. This action is formalized as a public notice of intent to waive standard procurement procedures under the justification that continuing work with this specific entity ensures seamless continuity of an existing, mayor’s office-supported initiative. The notice, issued on June 23, 2026, with a comments deadline of June 29, 2026, provides an opportunity for other vendors to contest the sole-source award by demonstrating the existence of alternative suppliers capable of providing a comparable or superior service, including documentation of equivalent proprietary capabilities, cost comparisons for transitional efforts, and evidence of competing market sources. Although the contract value, period of performance, detailed deliverables, and pricing are not specified, the place of performance is designated as Utah, and all responses must be submitted through the U3P platform. The procurement is framed as a waiver intended to leverage proprietary knowledge and ongoing research developed by Sentinel Strategies Group LLC, with no competitive evaluation factors or contract clauses detailed, reflecting a pre-award notice rather than a solicitation for bids.