PUR7776 VBS.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Corrections (FDC)

TITLE: Digital Literacy Software

Short description of the commodity or service desired: The Department is seeking to purchase

Digital Literacy Software for FDC Academic Education Programs.

CONTACT

Name: Neva Crawford

Address: 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Fl. 32399-2500

Telephone: 850-717-3684

Email: Purchasing@fdc.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FDC SS-22-061

Date posted: July 6, 2022 Last day for receipt of information: July 27, 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 7 business days.

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

43232406 Program testing software

43232502 Computer based training software

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Five (5) Year Term (60 months)

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

Office of Programs and Re-Entry

Janet Moran, Field Office Manager

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):

Certiport IC3 online curriculum and associated testing software. Certiport will develop and demonstrate digital literacy skills for releasing inmates. Certiport is certified as industry-recognized testing software. Certiport’s Digital Literacy IC3 certification is the only credentialed industry-recognized software that addresses current computing concepts, aligns to educational

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requirements with validation of students’ Digital Literacy understanding, and provides the foundation for additional IT credentials recognized by the Florida Department of Education. IC3

Digital Literacy allows students to learn and demonstrate their ability to select and use the appropriate research, productivity, collaboration, and communications tools, to find reliable information, create content, communicate safely, and identify credibility and bias in modern digital environments.

Intended Single Source:

NCS Pearson, Inc.

1633 W. Innovation Way, 5th Floor

Lehi, UT 84043

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$181,516.00 for five (5) year term

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):

Certiport is the sole provider of the exam delivery system for the industry certification and credential programs. Certiport’s IC3 curriculum and credential testing is the only product currently compatible with the Department's ATLO learning platform providing secure online access to education curriculum and credential assessments.

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

Janet Moran, Field Office Manager, Office of Programs and Re-Entry

Gwen Brock, Bureau Chief, Office of Programs and Re-Entry

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

Neva Crawford, Purchasing Analyst, Bureau of Procurement

Charlotte Shorter-Rumlin, Purchasing Manager, Bureau of Procurement

Sharita Newman, Strategic Sourcing Administrator, Bureau of Procurement

J. Olyn Long, Assistant Bureau Chief/Purchasing Director, Office of Financial Management

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 Section

120.57(3), F.S.