LEBANON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTPROPOSED FINDINGS PURSUANT TO ORS 279B.075 BY THE LEBANON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN SYSTEMSOn February 19, 2026 the Lebanon Community School District ("the District") requested an exemption from the competitive bidding requirements pursuant to ORS 279B.075 for the below-specified sole source procurements: a. Silent Knight, for fire alarm systems installation and maintenance. i. This is a nonproprietary system with no local restrictions on vendors, allowing the District to benefit from a competitive market; ii. Use of this system will consolidate training for District staff on one system, District-wide; and iii. Use of this system will consolidate stocking of necessary hardware parts. iv. Use if this system will reduce maintenance cost through utilizing a single system District wide. The District has researched the market and determined in each case that the above are the sole sole source products and or systems for procurement of goods that are compatible with existing District goods and systems. The Board, having considered the evidence at the public hearing concerning this request, finds: 1. The District is a School District organized and existing under the laws of the state of Oregon. 2. The Board is the local contract review board for the District. 3. Acquiring the above systems efficiently utilizes the District's existing goods and expertise. 4. The above-identified specialty system(s) include proprietary hardware and software, and maintenance protocols if and as identified above, available only from their respective manufacturers. 5. The efficient utilization of existing District goods and systems requires acquiring compatible goods and systems. Based upon the findings set forth above, the Board, sitting as the local contract review board for the District on its request for exemption from the public contracting rules under ORS 279B.075, determines and concludes: 1. Notice of public hearing was published in at least one trade newspaper of general statewide circulation a minimum of 14 days prior to the hearing. 2. A copy of the notice is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated by this reference. 3. At the public hearing, the Board gave an opportunity for any interested party to appear and present comment. 4. The goods proposed for procurement are available, in each case, from only one source. 5. Based upon the notice to the public, and the use of the sole source procurement as the manner of selecting the proposed contractor for the Project, it is unlikely that an exemption from the competitive bidding requirements on public procurements will encourage favoritism, or substantially diminish competition for procurements of the like nature. 6. It is reasonably anticipated that the to the extent reasonably practical, the contracting agency shall negotiate with the sole source to obtain contract terms that are advantageous to the contracting agency. 7. The foregoing procurements are reasonably expected to result in substantial cost savings to the District, which could not be realized by other procurement methods. DATED ______ LEBANON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Published Feb. 2, 2026. 4132107