PUR_7778_VBS.pdf

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NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION

TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

(PUR 7778)

This Notice of Intended Decision to Enter into a Single Source Contract is posted in accordance with Section 287.057(3), Florida Statutes.

AGENCY: Florida Department of Correction (FDC)

TITLE: Swank Motion Pictures, Inc

Short description of the commodity or service desired: The FDC is seeking to purchase a licensing agent for the film distributor to provide a wide range of current and new releases for popular movie favorites allowing flexibility and variety for the institutions.

CONTACT

Name: Quenitra Knight

Address: 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2500

Telephone: (850) 617-4881

Email: Purchasing@fdc.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FDC SS-22-035

DMS Single Source number, if applicable:

Date posted: April 4, 2022 Time posted: 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Commodity or Contractual Service (commodity or United Nation Standard Products and

Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

90131600: Taped or motion picture performances

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

Office of Programs and Re-Entry

Derek Dodel, Statewide Wellness Coordinator

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

Swank Motion Pictures, Inc., provides movie licensing to companies, colleges, K-12 schools, public libraries, correctional institutions, and others who want to show films legally on their property. Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. has agreements with film companies to authorize and permit the showing of motion pictures. Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. will provide a license that is legally required (commercial DVDs, Blu-ray, or legal streaming services) for public performance exhibitions as stated in Title 17 U.S.C. sec 106(4). These agreements are active and will continue after the proposed term of this agreement. The FDC has utilized Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. in previous years to provide movie licensing to the incentivized institutions throughout Florida.

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Intended Single Source:

Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

10795 Watson Road

St. Louis, MO. 63127

Price:

$126,101.43 for a three (3) year term.

Justification for Single Source Purchase (what is necessary and unique about the commodity, contractual service, or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. is specific in the prison market and has exclusivity deals offering institutions the ability to select licensed movies through several Hollywood studios. The film can either be purchased from a big box store or rented by the institutions through video rental companies. Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. offers a Public Performance Site License for various notable film production companies. Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. is the only choice for the correctional space as we can only use companies in the prison market and their licensing source is the only that can provide this exclusive coverage with this array of film production companies.

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

Derek Dodel, Statewide Wellness Coordinator

Patrick Mahoney, Director, Office of Programs and Re-Entry

Quenitra Knight, Purchasing Specialist, Bureau of Procurement

Charlotte Shorter-Rumlin, Purchasing Manager, Bureau of Procurement

Sharita Newman, Strategic Sourcing Administrator, Bureau of Procurement

Olyn Long, Assistant Bureau Chief, Office of Financial Management

Trueby Bodiford, Procurement Director, Office of Financial Management

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 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.