2-Benchmark SS-26-114.docx
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- Solicitation number
- SS-15405
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- St. Johns County, Florida
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This is a Single Source Advertisement (PUR 7776) issued by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) for the procurement of Benchmark proprietary curriculum materials. FSDB seeks to procure Benchmark Advance Florida Edition comprehensive print and digital language arts curriculum materials for use during the 2026-2031 school years. The advertisement was posted on March 19, 2026, at 4:00 PM and will remain open through April 9, 2026, at 4:00 PM, providing a fifteen business day advertisement period as statutorily mandated. Vendors believing they can fulfill this procurement should submit information regarding their capability to supply the described commodities or services to Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing, at whitwamk@fsdbk12.org during the advertising period. No competitive bidding process, site visits, or bidder conferences are associated with this single source procurement.
The estimated dollar amount not-to-exceed for this procurement is $88,000.00. The intended sole source provider is Benchmark Education Company, located at 145 Huguenot Street, 8th Floor, New Rochelle, New York 10801. The justification for single source acquisition is based on Benchmark Education Company being the exclusive source and original creator of all products and programs offered in their sales literature and 2025 catalog, with the exception of trade books and PD Essentials, and holding all copyrights except for fiction titles in Reading Explorers programs and Classroom Connections Skill Bags. Benchmark Education Company is also identified as the sole source provider of professional development services. The procurement involves three commodity codes: Educational or reference software (43232500), Printed Publications (55101500), and Education or Vocational textbooks (55101509). The Agency retains discretion to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses received during the advertisement period.
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Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE (PUR 7776)
Single Source Advertisement Sole Source Verification for: Benchmark Education Company Advertisement Number: SS-26-114
Advertisement Begin Date/Time: March 19, 2026 – 4:00 PM Advertisement End Date/Time: April 9, 2026 – 4:00 PM
Commodities:
| 43232500 | Educational or reference software |
| 55101500 | Printed Publications |
| 55101509 | Education or Vocational textbooks |
Re: Single Source provider for Benchmark proprietary curriculum materials
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR BIDS. IT IS A "DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE" WHICH IS POSTED PURSUANT TO §287.057(3), F.S. §120.57(3), F.S., AND RULE 60A-1.045, F.A.C. BE SURE TO READ THE ENTIRE ADVERTISEMENT BEFORE CONTACTING THE AGENCY WITH BID RELATED QUESTIONS.
Performance and/or Design Requirements:
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) is in need of procuring Benchmark Advance Florida Edition comprehensive print and digital language arts curriculum materials for use from 2026-2031 school years
Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $88,000.00 Intended source:
Benchmark Education Company 145 Huguenot Street, 8th Floor New Rochelle, NY 10801
Justification for single source acquisition:
Benchmark Education Company is the sole source of all of the products and programs, excluding trade books and PD Essentials, offered in Benchmark Education sales literature and 2025 catalog (see attachment). Benchmark Education Company is also the original creator of all materials and holds all copyrights, other than the fiction titles offered in the Reading Explorers programs and the Classroom Connections Skill Bags.
Benchmark Education Company is also the sole source provider of BEC Professional Development services, as described in the sales literature.
Approved by: Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing
Primary Contact: Please submit all questions by e-mail to: Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing, whitwamk@fsdbk12.org.
This is the statutorily mandated fifteen business day advertisement of an intended single source procurement. The Agency believes this is a single source procurement; however, vendors that feel they can fulfill this procurement should provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described within the fifteen business day advertising period by contacting the listed Primary Contact. A determination by the Agency not to complete this procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in §120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to file a bond or other security within the time allowed for filing a bond, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.
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