PUR7776 VIP.pdf

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Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Corrections (FDC)

TITLE: Advocacy Services

Short description of the commodity or service desired: The Department is seeking to purchase advocacy services in accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) for the FDC.

CONTACT

Name: Neva Crawford

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

Telephone: (850) 717-3684

Email: Purchasing@fdc.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FDC SS-23-025

Date posted: December 5, 2022 Last day for receipt of information: December 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 (F.S.), 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):

85435803: The diagnosis of sexual abuse

80172100: Issues and Crisis Management Services

80172101: Crisis Management and Recovery Services

93141500: Social Development and Services

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Five (5) Year Term (60 months)

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

Office of Institutional Operations

Judy Cardinez-Harris, PREA Coordinator

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):

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Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

The Department is responsible for providing inmates with a safe environment, free from sexual abuse, sexual battery and sexual harassment, pursuant to the PREA, 28 C.F.R. Part 115. The intended vendor shall provide inmates with access (24 hours/7 days a week) to outside victim advocates for emotional support services related to sexual abuse in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Homes, Washington, Jackson, Calhoun, Gulf, Franklin, Liberty, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, and Taylor. Services shall include, but not be limited to, providing inmates with mailing addresses and telephone numbers, toll-free hotline numbers, and in-prison visits during forensic exams and investigatory interviews, if requested.

Intended Single Source:

Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center

210 East 11st Street

Panama City, FL 32401

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$52,258.00 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):

In accordance with PREA, 28 C.R.F., Part 115.21 and Part 115.53, the Department shall attempt to make available a victim advocate from a rape crisis center, and the facility shall provide inmates with access to outside victim advocates, which shall include access to toll-free hotline numbers of local, state or national victim advocacy or rape crisis organizations. For the purpose of this standard, a rape crisis center refers to an entity that provides intervention and related assistance, such as the services specified in 34 U.S.C. 12511(b)(2)(C), to victims of sexual assault of all ages.

Each county has only one designated certified rape crisis center for emotional support services related to sexual abuse. The intended Vendor, Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center, is the designated certified rape crisis center for the following correctional institutions (CI): Apalachee

CI, Calhoun CI, Gulf CI, Holmes CI, Jackson CI, NWFRC, Okaloosa CI, Walton CI, Liberty CI, Madison CI, Taylor CI, Jefferson CI, Franklin CI, Wakulla CI, Gadsden Re-Entry Center, Quincy Annex, Century CI, and Santa Rosa CI, and any satellite facilities under the supervision of these correctional institutions that can provide the services as required to assist the

Department with maintaining compliance with the PREA.

In acordance with PREA, 28 C.R.F., Part 115.51, the Department shall also provide at least one way for inmates to report abuse or harassment to a public or private entity or office that is not part of the agency, and that is able to receive and immediately forward inmate reports of sexual abuse and sexual harassment to agency officials, allowing the inmate to remain anonymous upon request.

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Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

Therefore, the Department has determined that this 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):

Judy Cardinez-Harris, PREA Coordinator, Office of Institutional Operations

Wes Kirkland, Deputy Director, Office of Institutional Operations

Neva Crawford, Purchasing Analyst, Bureau of Procurement

Charlotte Shorter-Rumlin, Purchasing Manager, Bureau of Procurement

Sharita Newman, Solicitation Administrator, Bureau of Procurement

Eunice Arnold, Assistant Bureau Chief, Office of Financial Management

J. Olyn Long, 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 Rule 60A-

1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.