1-Sittadel - FGCU Sole Source Provider Letter 3.10.26.pdf

Florida Gulf Coast University

Procurement Services

10501 FGCU Boulevard South

Fort Myers, Florida 33965

Re: Sole Supplier Letter for Proposed Cybersecurity Services Solution

To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is provided to confirm that Sittadel is the sole supplier of the integrated cybersecurity solution proposed to

Florida Gulf Coast University under the Student-Powered SOC project detailed in the quote ending in 2155.

The proposed solution is not a commodity purchase of a single monitoring product or a standalone consulting engagement. Rather, it is a bundled, integrated service model and student workforce development program that combines Sittadel-authored service offerings, professional services to deliver the proprietary cloud security framework upon which the Student-Powered SOC workflows rely, Sittadel’s university-focused Cyber Collegiate Program components, and an authorized Binary Defense service component into one coordinated delivery structure for FGCU.

As proposed, the solution includes Sittadel Security Program Management, the academic alignment of Sittadel Cloud

Framework, recurring Comprehensive Microsoft Gap Assessments anchored to Sittadel Cloud Framework, Microsoft

Cloud Framework Security Support, Microsoft Security Architecture services, Cyber Collegiate Program Participation, and the integrated Sittadel x Binary Defense MDR Core Bundle. These elements are designed to operate together as one unified offering with shared governance, shared delivery assumptions, shared commercial structure, and shared value proposition for students and cybersecurity risk management operations alike.

Sittadel is the only supplier of this solution in the form proposed because the offering includes proprietary Sittadel service models and program components that are developed, owned, integrated, and delivered by Sittadel. This includes

Sittadel Cloud Framework, the university-specific academic alignment methodology, the Cyber Collegiate Program structure and enablement model, and the related service workflows and documentation. These are not third-party commodity offerings that can be sourced interchangeably from another provider.

The proposed solution also depends on the combination of both the Cyber Collegiate Program and the Binary Defense

MDR component. The Sittadel x Binary Defense MDR Core Bundle supplies the managed detection and response foundation for the environment as it grows in maturity, enables FGCU to transition critical monitoring and response capabilities on an accelerated timeline, and provides the operational backbone upon which the proposed Student-

Powered SOC model depends, while the Cyber Collegiate Program supplies the university-specific SOC operating model, student analyst structure, supervision, and industry-application framework that allow FGCU to operationalize that service in an academically aligned manner. Stated differently, the Cyber Collegiate SOC model is not being offered as a standalone classroom construct, and the Binary Defense MDR services are not being proposed as a standalone commodity MDR purchase; each is being delivered in reliance on the other as part of a single integrated solution unique to Sittadel’s offering to FGCU. Sittadel is authorized to resell Binary Defense services pursuant to its reseller relationship with Binary Defense, allowing Sittadel to present and deliver that component as part of the broader FGCU solution.

While other vendors may offer portions of cybersecurity services when viewed independently, no other supplier can provide the exact integrated scope, delivery model, academic-program alignment, proprietary Sittadel program elements, and bundled commercial structure reflected in this proposal without materially changing the nature of the solution being procured.

For that reason, Sittadel respectfully represents that the specific solution proposed to Florida Gulf Coast University is available only from Sittadel and is therefore only appropriate considered as a sole supplier.

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Florida Gulf Coast University

Procurement Services

10501 FGCU Boulevard South

Fort Myers, Florida 33965

Please contact me if any additional supporting information is required.

Sincerely, Joshua Sitta

Chief Executive Officer

Sittadel, LLC

100 East Main Street

Lakeland, Florida 33801

(800) 936-5119 start@sittadel.com

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