2-Brightly fka Dude Solutions SS-26-062.docx
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- Solicitation number
- SS-14256
- Issued by
- St. Johns County, Florida
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This is a Description of Intended Single Source Purchase document from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) for proprietary software applications from Brightly Software (formerly Dude Solutions). The procurement includes subscription-based services for Technology Essentials - Insight and Technology Essentials Help Desk applications. The advertisement period runs from October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM through November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM, providing a fifteen-business day notice period for potential vendors to challenge the single source designation or demonstrate alternative capabilities. This is not a competitive solicitation; rather, it is a statutorily mandated advertisement of an intended single source procurement pursuant to Florida Statutes 287.057(3) and Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C. No specific contract term or renewal options are detailed in the notice. All questions regarding this procurement should be directed to Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing, at whitwamk@fsdbk12.org.
The estimated not-to-exceed dollar amount for this procurement is $3,100.00 for fiscal year 2025-2026. Brightly Software is the intended sole source provider, located at 11000 Regency Parkway #400, Cary, North Carolina 27518. The justification for the single source acquisition is based on Brightly's proprietary nature of its software, unique performance features and capabilities essential to enterprise asset management operations, and the requirement that only Brightly-certified companies may provide delivery and support services. The agency asserts that no other company in North America builds identical products to those specified. The agency reserves the right to determine whether to proceed with this procurement based on responses received during the advertising period and may conduct a competitive procurement at its sole discretion.
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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: Brightly Software Advertisement Number: SS-26-062
Advertisement Begin Date/Time: October 31, 2025 – 1:00 PM Advertisement End Date/Time: November 24, 2025 – 1:00 PM
Commodities:
43232701 Application server software
Re: Single Source provider for Brightly Software fka Dude Solutions proprietary software
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 purchasing the following proprietary software applications from Brightly Software for use at Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind for FY 2025-2026.
Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $3,100.00 Intended source:
Brightly 11000 Regency Pkwy #400 Cary, NC 27518
Justification for single source acquisition:
Brightly Software, Inc., formerly known as Dude Solutions, Inc. (DSI), a Delaware corporation, is a Software-as-a-Service provider headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. Brightly offers subscription-based services to its proprietary applications and programming interfaces (including, without limitation, all related documentation, software libraries, software tools, published specifications and other materials) designed, developed, marketed and made available only by Brightly. Brightly sells the following products, which have unique, specific performance features and capabilities essential to Brightly’s proprietary enterprise asset management applications and interfaces:
Technology Essentials – Insight and the Technology Essentials Help Desk applications
Additionally, Brightly must certify the delivery and support of its products; only Brightly certified companies may provide these services at this time. Brightly research indicates that no other company builds products identical to the products stated above in North America. Our services meet the needs of our target markets, incorporate the latest design technology and remain truly unique in the North American market. Brightly’s services efficiently function and communicate with our other applications.
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 notice is neither a request for quote nor a solicitation of offers. 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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