FDLE-SS-2607.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

TITLE: Confidential Software Purchase Short description of the commodity or service desired: Purchase of confidential investigative software.

CONTACT

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

Internal tracking number, if any: FDLE-SS-2607

Date posted: 9/9/25 Last day for receipt of information: 9/30/25

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):

43232309: Information retrieval or search software

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One year

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

FDLE/Investigations and Forensic Science/Cyber

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, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 11, Florida Administrative Code.

Gladiator Forensics software is related to FDLE investigative tactics and is confidential.

Intended Single Source:

Gladiator Forensics, LLC

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100 Rialto Place Ste 605 Melbourne, FL 32901

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$40,000.00

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):

The Gladiator Forensics platform is a product manufactured, sold, and distributed exclusively by Gladiator Forensics, LLC. No other vendor is authorized to produce, distribute, or provide training services for this hardware and software. No other vendor produces a comparable product with the capabilities of this platform.

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

Julia Lycett, Chief of General Services Mike Duffey, Special Agent in Charge

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.