2-Overdrive SS-24-059.docx

Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE (PUR 7776)

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Advertisement Number: SS-23-027

Advertisement Begin Date/Time: October 2, 2023 – 12:00 PM Advertisement End Date/Time: October 23, 2023 – 12:00 PM

Commodities:

Re: Single Source provider for OverDrive, Inc. Sora Digital Library Subscription

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 a yearly subscription from OverDrive, Inc. for the Sora Digital Library for FY 2023-20204

Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $5,000.00. Intended source:

Overdrive, Inc.

1 OverDrive Way Cleveland, OH 44125

Justification for single source acquisition:

OverDrive provides a series of services and digital content materials that enable schools and districts to lend popular audiobooks, eBooks, digital textbooks, and other digital content via the school’s library website.

Uniquely available only from OverDrive as a sole source provider, we offer a system that combines:

· A customized website service for download, instant access and streaming digital materials integrated with the school library’s ILS system for real-time student authentication

· OverDrive’s top-rated free app (Sora) for school users offers students their digital library anytime, anywhere with one-tap reading, assignments, notes and highlights, badges, and reading stats

· OverDrive’s student reading app, Sora, allows school users access to age-appropriate titles from their local library’s OverDrive hosted collection via OverDrive’s Public Library Connect (PLC).

· OverDrive uniquely offers a Local Content portal for schools, providing the ability to upload locally- produced and self-published digital content into the platform for lending to their students

· OverDrive is the only digital library vendor selling high quality fixed format and read-along ePUB3 content from top trade houses

· OverDrive platform features that provide instant access to eBook and audio formats, including browser- based reading with OverDrive Read, and browser-based listening with OverDrive Listen, all allowing for ease of use with no software installation or device activation required

· OverDrive is the only digital library lending provider that offers downloads in the Kindle format and compatibility with all generations of the Amazon Kindle, the most popular and widely used eReading device on the market

· OverDrive’s proprietary browser-based formats are able cache the content for offline usage and does not require active internet connection to read/listen to the digital content

· OverDrive APIs, available via the OverDrive Developer Portal, allow for integration of digital content with library discovery tools

· Control for the library to set digital book lending policies and manage access and usage of materials

· Download eBooks capable of operating on portable devices such as iPads, Chromebooks, as well as all generations of Amazon Kindle (exclusive to OverDrive)

· Download audiobooks with accessibility features for the blind and visually impaired

· OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks compatible with MAC/OS, iPods and other Apple devices

As a result of the combination of the above referenced items, as well as OverDrive, Inc.’s continued innovation, library and school market leadership, proven success and secret processes, OverDrive, Inc. is the sole vendor to offer these unique services and sought after materials.

No other source exists for OverDrive, Inc., Sora digital library subscription service..

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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