PUR7776_G0420_bluecrest.pdf

PUR 7776 (Eff. 03/2016) Page 1 of 2 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Revenue

TITLE: BlueCrest Equipment Short description of the commodity or service desired: Replacement servers and controller pcs for unsupported software and hardware.

CONTACT

Name: Alison Thomas Address: 2450 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Building 2-1659, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-617-8132 Email: alison.thomas@floridarevenue.com Internal tracking number, if any: G0420, SS 21/23-17

Date posted: 09/28/2022 Last day for receipt of information: 10/19/2022

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 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

44102100 MAIL MACHINES

44102101 FRANKING OR POSTAGE MACHINES

44102102 MAIL OPENING MACHINES

44102103 MAIL SEALING MACHINES

44102108 MAIL MACHINE ACCESSORIES

44102109 AUTOMATIC POSTAL OR MAILING MACHINE

Servers, controller pcs and associated hardware and configuration.

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

12 months

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

Florida Department of Revenue General Tax Administration 5050 W Tennessee Street Tallahassee, FL 32399

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):

DF WORKS application servers, controller computers, perifrials and software for file based mail insertion.

Intended Single Source:

BlueCrest Equipment

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Estimated Dollar Amount:

$216,150.94

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 BlueCrest mailing equipment is critical to the dail operations of the Agency. BlueCrest asserts they are the sole provider for all their equipment and do not operate through any dealerships or third parties within the United States.

BlueCrest is the only vendor that is authorized to provie maintenance and copyrighted software updates on BlueCrest equipment. Modification of or maintenance on any BlueCrest equipment by anyone other than BlueCrest service personnel would void any hardware/software maintenance agreement(s).

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

Melvin Payne, General Tax Administration Thomas McCaffrey, General Tax Administration Alison Thomas, Purchasing

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.