PUR7776 Form.pdf

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FDOT DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

375-040-53

PROCUREMENT

03/19

PUR 7776 (rev.10/14) Page 1 of 2 60A-1.010, F.A.C.

AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

TITLE: Data Storage Solution

Short description of the commodity or service desired: 5-year subscription to store pavement data .

CONTACT

Name: Destyne Grayson

Address: 605 Suwannee St. MS20 Tallahassee, FL. 32399-0450

Telephone: 850.414.4253

Email: CO.Purch@dot.state.fl.us

Internal tracking number, if any: DOT-SS-24-9112-DG

Date posted: Last day for receipt of information:

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

Commodity or Service Required (commodity class and group, manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

43232702

71151106

Quantity or Term (as appropriate): 5 (five) years.

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate): Melanie Sowers, State Materials Office

Performance and/or Design Requirements (intended use, function or application, compatibility etc. requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate): A subscription agreement is needed to store pavement data (Pavement Condition Surveys (PCS) and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)).The GRP Data is used to support Design and forensics applications on a statewide level. Data requirements will need the ability to store 27,500 miles of roadway, that is approximately 137.5 terabytes per year. To ensure the data is stored and backed up in multiple locations, the data collected will need to be stored on premises for optimal processing. The data is used for monitoring, assessing and reporting on the condition, performance and safety of Florida's roadways as mandated by Florida Statutes 334.24.

Intended source (vendor, contractor): iXsystems, Inc.

Estimated Dollar Amount: $324,890.00

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): iXsystems, Inc. is the author, developer and sole sourrce provider of the TrueNAS Open Source storage operating system and appliance. TrueNAS is the only known application which offers an Enterprise, highly-available, fully supported storage system built on OpenZFS that is avaialbe as a subscription model.

TrueNAS is unique to iXsystems, Inc. and is only available directly from iXsystems, Inc.

Approved By: (names & titles, as appropriate to Post on Vendor Bid System (VBS), e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Authorized Signature Title

Central Office Legal Review:

Authorized Signature Title

DocuSign Envelope ID: 97E27D91-5BE2-4796-9E3F-9BDB8846EC92

State Purchasing Administrator

Assistant General Counsel

07/24/202407/01/2024

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FDOT DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

375-040-53

PROCUREMENT

03/19

PUR 7776 (rev.10/14) Page 2 of 2 60A-1.010, F.A.C.

Legal review by the Office of General Counsel is required prior to posting. Please coordinate with District Legal

Counsel prior to submission to the Office of General Counsel, MS-58.

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:

1. Provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in s.120.57 (3) F.S.

DocuSign Envelope ID: 97E27D91-5BE2-4796-9E3F-9BDB8846EC92