FDLE-SS-2532.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Law Enforcement

TITLE: Pilot Simulation Training Short description of the commodity or service desired: Pilot training on the full motion Type-D simulator for Citation Longitude and Latitude Aircraft

CONTACT

Name: Greer Hannigan Address: 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308 Telephone: 850-410-7300 Email: CentralPurchasing@fdle.state.fl.us

Internal tracking number, if any: FDLE-SS-2532

Date posted: 4/28/25 Last day for receipt of information: 5/19/25

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):

86131802: Pilot Schools

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Five (5) years

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

FDLE/Investigations and Forensic Science/Aviation Unit

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):

FDLE’s mission is to promote public safety and strengthen domestic security by providing services in partnership with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies to prevent, investigate, and solve crimes while protecting Florida’s citizens pursuant to Chapter 943, FS, and Chapter 11, FAC.

The FDLE is requesting advanced-technology pilot training. The types of trainings needed include Type-D qualified full flight simulators, classroom simulation equipment, flight training devices, and post-flight debriefing systems. The Type-D simulator replicates the exact flight characteristics of the FDLE Cessna Citation Longitude and Latitude and provides a full range of

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flight conditions and advanced capabilities to enhance instruction for pilot training in the event of an emergency situation. The full motion simulator will be used in lieu of the actual aircraft itself.

Intended Single Source:

FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training, LLC 4105 Bear Rd Orlando, Florida 32827

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$3,500,000.00

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):

FlightSafety International is the only company that is authorized to provide factory supported training for the Cessna (Textron Aviation) simulation training to include the Cessna Citation Longitude and Latitude full motion Type-D simulation training. No other training center in the United States is able to conduct this full Level-D simulator training for Initial Type Cessna Citation Longitude and Latitude ratings.

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

Julia Lycett, Chief of General Services Dennis Smith, Director of Aviation

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.