FDC SS-24-055 PUR7776.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Corrections (FDC)

TITLE: Promising People, LLC Short description of the commodity or service desired: The FDC is seeking a training program which includes materials and equipment utilizing Virtual Reality (VR) headsets, as well as hands-on practice and testing to prepare incarcerated inmates for re-entry into the workforce.

CONTACT

Name: Lucinda Jones Address: 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500 Telephone: (850) 717-3700 Email: Purchasing@fdc.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FDC SS-24-055

Date posted: February 6, 2025 Last day for receipt of information: February 27, 2025

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

60106100: Vocational teaching aids and materials

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Three (3) Year Term

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Office of Programs and Re-Entry April Kalnin, Assistant Chief of Education

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

The Department is seeking VR training programs to prepare incarcerated inmates for the workforce upon release. Promising People, LLC, will provide training as a service for 40 inmates including licensure, all required hardware, equipment, and testing fees. The training service will include VR

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practice sessions, 3D Point-of-View delivery of color video lessons, digital test sessions, and digital monitoring for a class facilitator or a correctional officer to view and record an inmate's progress. Evidence of successful performance is automatically captured and data can be extracted for inmate and lesson tracking.

Promising People, LLC will provide training content and equipment using VR Headsets along with hands-on practice and testing. The program implementation will be carried out by a four (4) member team, which will include VR facilitation, hands-on proctoring, data collection, documentation, reporting, compliance, and general oversight of all activities. Additionally, Promising People, LLC will provide Facilitator and Proctor training to correctional facility staff, and a team of experts will be available to guide FDC through the process of establishing a prison education program with their preferred college partner.

Intended Single Source:

Promising People, LLC 604 N Highway 27 Ste 5 Minneola, FL 34715

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$200,000.00

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

Promising People, LLC has the only VR-based, industry-approved, Electrical Helper training program certified by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute. The program trains students through 65 lessons utilizing first-person, point-of-view videos, along with 140 immersive simulations where they complete hands-on tasks and assessments through the use of 3D VR headsets. Promising People, LLC is the only vendor that can provide a VR training program that can work with or without internet. Telemetry data is recorded throughout the learning process to ensure accurate reporting metrics in correctional facilities that either prohibit or lack internet-based technology infrastructure.

Additionally, Promising People, LLC, is the only vendor capable of providing digital monitoring for all headsets in a classroom setting, enabling a class facilitator or a correctional officer to view and record an inmate's progress in real-time.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Lucinda Jones, Purchasing Analyst, Bureau of Procurement

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Charlotte Shorter-Rumlin, Purchasing Manager, Bureau of Procurement Alyssa Dillon, Strategic Sourcing Administrator, Bureau of Procurement Amy Frizzell, Director, Office of Programs and Re-Entry Eunice Arnold, Deputy Director, Bureau of Procurement J. Olyn Long, Procurement Director, Office of Financial Management

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 Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.