2-Savvas Learning SS-23-001.pdf

Single Source Advertisement

Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE (PUR 7776)

Single Source Advertisement

Sole Source Verification for: Precalculus Curriculum Materials Advertisement Number: SS-23-001

Advertisement Begin Date/Time: May 6, 2022 – 4:00 PM Advertisement End Date/Time: May 27, 2022 – 4:00 PM

Commodities:

43232500 Educational or reference software 60103300 Precalculus and calculus teacher resource materials

Re: Single Source provider for Pearson Education, Inc. Precalculus curriculum IPN# 9780137577675

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:

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) is in need of procuring the Pearson Education, Inc. Precalculus curriculum, IPN# 9780137577675 student edition and digital content. Savvas Learning Company is the third-party authorized sales representative for Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Education, Inc. is the sole publisher and copyright holder for the product listed above. This curriculum is in alignment with the Florida State book adoption schedule for FY 2022-2023.

Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $4700.00 Intended source:

Gateway Education Holdings LLC dba Savvas Learning Company 15 East Midland Ave., Suite 502 Paramus, NJ 07652

Justification for single source acquisition:

Savvas Learning Company LLC is Pearson Education, Inc.'s third‐party sales representative for Advanced Placement, Honors & Electives and Career & Technical Education products sold to school districts in the United States. Pearson Education, Inc., is the sole publisher and copyright holder for the product(s) listed below:

9780137577675 PRECALCULUS: GRAPHICAL, NUMERICAL, ALGEBRAIC, 10E ¬2019, DEMANA ‐ STUDENT EDITION +

5YR MYMATHLAB FOR SCHOOL W/ETEXT

Approved by: Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing

Primary Contact: Please submit all questions by e-mail to: Dennis MacRae, Contract Administrator, macraed@fsdbk12.org or 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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