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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: NTID Sign Language Assessment and Resource Center Advertisement Number: SS-25-055

Advertisement Begin Date/Time: November 4, 2024 – 11:00 AM Advertisement End Date/Time: November 26, 2024 – 11:00 AM

Commodities:

Re: Single Source provider for Sign Language Proficiency Interview Training

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 Sign Language Proficiency Interview training for FY 2024-2025

Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $12,000 Intended source:

NTID Sign Language Assessment and Resource Center 52 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5604

Justification for single source acquisition:

The National SLIPI:ASL Leadership Board is the sole entity providing evaluator training and program oversight for Sign Language Proficiency Interview: American Sign Language (SLIP:ASL) teams at schools for the deaf/hard of hearing in the United States. Administration of the SLIP:ASL assessment is exclusively provided through the NSLB housed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology. There is no other ASL assessment evaluator program workshop program that would serve the same purpose, and there is no other competing program for ASL assessment in the state of Florida. Evaluator training workshops must be attained directly from trained members of the NSLB.

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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