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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Corrections (FDC)

TITLE: Online Computer-Based Software and Assessments

Short description of the commodity or service desired: TABE® Online Software Licensing for

FDC Academic Education Programs.

CONTACT

Name: Neva Crawford

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

Telephone: (850) 717-3684

Email: Purchasing@fdc.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FDC SS-22-058

Date posted: June 10, 2022 Last day for receipt of information: July 1, 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):

81112501: Computer Software Licensing

43232500: Educational or reference software

43232406: Program testing software

60106600: Aptitude and vocational testing materials

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Three (3) Year Term (36 months)

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

Office of Programs and Re-Entry

Lauren Henry, Government Operations Consultant I

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 TABE assessment is an essential part of the FDC process. The scores earned on this assessment are used to determine the needs of the individual, eligibility, placement in specific

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programs, and institutional assignment. Minimum TABE scores are also required for placement in some institutional job assignments. Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) is the publisher of

TABE® Online. This product is an embedded computer-based system that allows input with instantaneous scoring. TABE® Online provides unique tools to enhance the educational opportunities for inmates within the Department’s various institutions. Some software modules make it possible to customize inmate study plans to maximize results for individual inmates, while others provide instruction within specific areas. TABE® Online will provide the ability for the Department’s academic staff to increase the chances for inmates to be not only rehabilitated, but be able to support themselves and obtain gainful employment.

Intended Single Source:

Data Recognition Corporation

13490 Bass Lake Road

Maple Grove, Minnesota 55311

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$700,000.00 for three (3) 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):

TABE® Online is the only product containing computer-based input with instantaneous scoring, which meets the requirements and has been approved by the State Board of Education (Board).

The use of the other assessments approved by the Board would not provide continuity with the

FDC's current system and processes. Utilizing a different assessment software would result in a significant cost increase to the Department. It would need to revamp the Test History within the

Department’s Offender Based Information System, causing a delay in providing services to inmates within the Department’s care.

Data Recognition Corporation is the sole provider, publisher, and holds the copyrights to

TABE® software and testing materials.

It has been determined that Data Recognition Corporation is the only vendor that can meet the

Department’s needs at this time.

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

Lauren Henry, Government Operations Consultant I, 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

Olyn Long, Assistant Bureau Chief, Office of Financial Management

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Trueby Bodiford, Procurement 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.