Candid Grant Research & Management Platform Licenses

-- 1 of 2 -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sole Source Justification (SSJ) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) December 2025 SSJ Template < SAT 3-2 SSJ No.: 26-158 Agencies. Only Candid is capable of providing the required platform because it is unique and highly specialized. Candid’s Foundation Directory Online includes over 242,000 grantmaker profiles and 24.9 million historical grants, providing comprehensive information on private, corporate, and government grantmakers. The platform offers advanced search, export, and reporting features, and supports robust user management and training resources. Candid sources data directly from the IRS and funders, ensuring accuracy and currency. Market research included review of other commercial grant databases (such as GrantStation, GrantWatch, and GrantSelect), but none matched Candid’s depth, breadth, or data validation methods. Competing products lack the number of funder profiles, comprehensive historical data, and the reporting and user management capabilities required by FEMA. Procuring an alternative would result in significant loss of functionality, efficiency, and data integrity, impacting FEMA’s ability to deliver timely and effective disaster recovery resources. Therefore, the brand name specification for Candid is essential to meet the Government’s requirements for a comprehensive, validated, and user-friendly grant research and management platform. 5. Technical/Requirements Personnel Certification. I certify that this requirement meets the Government’s minimum need and that the supporting data, which form a basis for the Limited-Sources Justification, are accurate and complete. ___________________________ _7/21/26__________ Technical Representative/COR Date 6. Contracting Officer Certification/Approval: I hereby determine that the circumstances described herein exist and that the information is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge: ____________________________ _7/21/26__________ Contracting Officer Date JARED A KRIEGER Digitally signed by JARED A KRIEGER Date: 2026.07.21 09:35:10 -05'00' ERIC N CHRISTIANSEN Digitally signed by ERIC N CHRISTIANSEN Date: 2026.07.21 10:38:14 -04'00' -- 2 of 2 --