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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: Frontline Education Advertisement Number: SS-24-141

Advertisement Begin Date/Time: May 8, 2024 – 4:00 PM Advertisement End Date/Time: May 30, 2024 – 4:00 PM

Commodities:

Re: Single Source provider for Frontline Education proprietary claims and billing services

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR BIDS. IT IS A "NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT" 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 Medicaid claims and billing management services for FY 24-25

Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $73,000.00 Intended source:

Frontline Education 1400 Atwater Dr.

Malvern, PA 19355

Justification for single source acquisition:

Frontline Education is the only provider who can support the needs of Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in developing and submitting Medicaid claims on behalf of the school. Frontline Education provides a user friendly off-site hosted internet-based, online, electronic management system for our Medicaid processing. They additionally provide internet billing software to facilitate the claims development process per the applicable policies and procedures that have been established by the State of Florida and the US Department of Health and Human Services for those two programs. The competitive solicitation process has been conducted in the past and the only vendor who has been deemed responsive and meets the goals of the services requested is Frontline Education. There is no other source available in the state of Florida for the processing of Medicaid claims and billing than Frontline Education for the unique needs of Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.

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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