F1526252757_2StudyEdgeSS22171.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: Study Edge dba Math Nation/Accelerate Learning Advertisement Number: SS-22-171

Advertisement Begin Date/Time: 3/4/2022 – 4:00 PM Advertisement End Date/Time: 3/25/2022 – 4:00 PM

Commodities:

60103100 – Geometry Teacher Resource Materials 60103200 – Algebra Teacher Resource Materials 60101700 – Teacher Resource Materials

Re: Single Source provider for Math Nation Florida’s B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 and 2 and Geometry student and teacher resource materials

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 Math Nation Florida’s B.E.S.T. algebra 1 and 2 and geometry teacher and student resource materials for the FY 2022-2023

Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $12,532.00. Intended source:

Math Nation 104 N. Main Street, 2nd Floor Gainesville, FL 32601

Justification for single source acquisition:

Study Edge dba Math Nation/Accelerate Learning is the sole provider of the Math Nation: Florida’s B.E.S.T. Curriculum and online platform and owns the copyright for these contents.

No other source exists for Math Nation: Florida’s B.E.S.T. Curriculum and online platform content.

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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