PUR7776 - FINAL.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)

TITLE: iVe Toolkit and training for the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)

Short description of the commodity or service desired: iVe Toolkit, associated service, maintenance, support plans, and training for vehicle forensics and investigative purposes.

CONTACT

Name: Mina Barekat

Address: 2900 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Telephone: 850-617-3198

Email: MinaBarekat@flhsmv.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: SS-005-22

Date posted: April 7, 2022 Last day for receipt of information: April 28, 2022

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, and will remain posted for a period of at least seven (7) business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code

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

46151700 Forensic equipment and supplies and accessories

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Three (3) iVe Toolkits

Training for four (4) staff

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

Major Jamerson B. Woodward, FHP, Bureau of Traffic Homicide Investigations and Coordination

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 Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol is in need of more iVe Toolkits to assist investigations after a fatal car crash. The iVe Toolkits are vehicle system forensic tools that acquire user data from infotainment, telematics and other vehicle systems and allows forensic examiners and investigators a means to analyze it quickly and intuitively. Vehicle Infotainment systems store a vast amount of user related data such as recent destinations, favorite locations, call logs, contact lists, SMS messages, emails, pictures, videos, and the navigation history of everywhere the vehicle has been which can be critically important to an investigation.

Intended Single Source:

Berla Corporation

445 Defense Highway, Suite M

Annapolis, Maryland 21401 mailto:MinaBarekat@flhsmv.gov

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Estimated Dollar Amount:

Up to $46,500

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):

Berla Corporation is the creator and sole vendor capable of providing the iVe Toolkit for vehicle forensics and investigation purposes. The iVe kit includes the associates service, maintenance, support, and training. The iVe

Ecosystem is a collection of tools that supports investigators throughout the entire vehicle forensics process with a mobile application for identifying vehicles, a hardware kit for acquiring systems, and forensic software for analyzing data.

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

Mina Barekat, Senior Procurement Consultant, Purchasing and Contracts

Major Jamerson B. Woodward, FHP, Bureau of Traffic Homicide Investigations and Coordination

Stephanie Sanford, Procurement Administrator, Purchasing and Contracts

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 s.120.57(3), FS.