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The ACCO shall justify the use of the negotiated acquisition method by making a determination that it is not practicable and/or advantageous to award a contract by competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals due to one or more of the following circumstances and the basis thereof:
(i) There is a time-sensitive situation where a vendor must be retained quickly because:
(D) a compelling needs for goods, services, construction, and/or construction-related services exists that cannot be timely met through competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals;
The contract termination with the prior vendor resulted in a compelling need to procure HighGear Software directly from the manufacturer, Swift Software, Inc. Thus, the Negotiated Acquisition method as set forth in the PPB Rules is the only one that will afford us the ability to replace the prior vendor, as soon as possible, while still maintaining service.
