2-Mobex SS-26-003.docx
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- Solicitation number
- SS-13364
- Issued by
- St. Johns County, Florida
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This document is a Single Source Advertisement issued by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) for the procurement of user licenses for the Mobex, Inc. YakChat application. The procurement covers user licenses for SMS and MMS messaging capabilities integrated with Microsoft Teams for fiscal year 2025-2026, with an estimated not-to-exceed budget of $21,100.00. The advertisement will be open from July 7, 2025, at 4:30 PM to July 28, 2025, at 4:30 PM, and is specifically designated as a non-competitive solicitation pursuant to Florida statutes.
The single source justification is based on Mobex Inc.'s unique YakChat application, which is described as the only messaging application fully integrated with Microsoft Teams, Active Directory, Outlook, SharePoint, and Microsoft's bot framework. The procurement is intended to be directly awarded to Mobex, Inc. (located in Clearwater, FL), with the primary contact being Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing. Vendors who believe they can provide similar services are invited to submit information during the fifteen-business-day advertising period, with the agency retaining discretion to determine whether to proceed with a competitive procurement based on any responses received.
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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: Mobex, Inc.
Advertisement Number: SS-26-003
Advertisement Begin Date/Time: July 7, 2025 – 4:30 PM Advertisement End Date/Time: July 28, 2025 – 4:30 PM
Commodities:
83112403 – Point to point digital telecommunications circuit 83112200 – Enhanced telecommunications services
Re: Single Source provider for Mobex, Inc. YakChat application
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 user licenses for Mobex, Inc., YakChat application to facilitate SMS and MMS messaging to and from Microsoft Teams users for FY 2025-2026
Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $21,100.00. Intended source:
Mobex, Inc.
P.O. Box 16944 Clearwater, FL 33766
Justification for single source acquisition:
Mobex Inc, a Florida Corporation, distributes and supports on a Nation-wide basis the YakChat application to facilitate SMS and MMS messaging to and from Microsoft Teams users. We have found no other application as user friendly, and as specifically focused on two-way communication between the Teams user and their respective party. Here is a description of the application provided by YakChat:
YakChat Ltd supplies SMS text messaging in Microsoft Teams. We are the only company that provides a messaging application that is fully integrated with Microsoft Teams, Active Directory, Outlook, SharePoint, and Microsoft’s bot framework making it the easiest SMS text solution for Microsoft Teams customers. YakChat Ltd is the sole and only provider of this level of integrated text messaging technology in Microsoft Teams.
No other source exists for Mobex, Inc. YakChat application as it is the sole and only provider of this level of integrated text messaging technology in Microsoft teams.
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.
Questions submitted to FSDB shall not constitute formal protest. Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in §120.57(3), FS.
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