PUR7776 VIP.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Corrections (FDC)

TITLE: ATLO Software, LLC Short description of the commodity or service desired: The FDC is seeking to purchase online Learning Labs designed to prepare incarcerated adults to return to the workplace upon release from prison.

CONTACT

Name: McKayla Bailey Address: 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500 Telephone: (850) 717-3695 Email: Purchasing@fdc.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FDC SS-23-112

Date posted: August 3, 2023 Last day for receipt of information: August 24, 2023

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):

43232502: Computer-based training software 81162000: Cloud-based software as a service

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Five (5) Year Term (60 Months)

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

Walker Hicken, Academic Program Administrator, Bureau of Education

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 online Learning Lab will allow for flexible education instruction delivery and supervised inmate utilization of computers. The online Learning Labs will be installed at 55 institutional sites. The online Learning Labs will offer inmates access to whitelisted websites for education resources, industry-recognized training, employability coaching, and Employ Florida registration

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to prepare for post-release employment opportunities. The online Learning Labs services offer online education opportunities with instruction-based content, reporting on inmate progress, network operations, repair, maintenance, and updating all equipment and software. The online Learning Labs will help reduce recidivism, promote post-release success, develop essential skills to attain functional literacy and prepare inmates for post-secondary academic institutions.

ATLO Software, LLC (ATLO) is flexible and scalable to meet the FDC's security and technology requirements. ATLO has unique features with video teleconferencing equipment to allow integration with entities like CareerSource Florida and allows other community providers to conduct remote small groups, one-on-one sessions with inmates, and pre-release employment interviews. ATLO will ensure inmates only have access to the software that is FDC-approved while being connected to a secure Internet to access ATLO's Virtual Private Cloud network (VPC). ATLO is currently utilized in other correctional institutions in the United States and is the only vendor to meet the Department's needs to provide inmates with all the identified assessments, testing services (High School Equivalency Test [HiSET], Data Recognition Corporation, Prometrics, and Certiport), credentialing, and software options in one deployable device.

ATLO is the sole source provider of the ATLO Portal compatible with the ATLO VPC. ATLO utilizes a private security, monitoring, and alerting system to track, alert and control access to web content and hosted client-server applications on the ATLO VPC. In addition, ATLO holds exclusive ownership and license to ATLO branded browser software interface and operating systems.

Intended Single Source:

ATLO Software, LLC.

1101 West Morris Ave, Suite A Hammond, LA 70403

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$15,301,000.00 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):

ATLO maintains all copyright privileges for its software, products, and services. The products must be purchased directly from ATLO. No agents, distributors, or dealers are authorized to represent, market, or resell these products, nor does any division of ATLO have any right of sub-license to make a similar or competing product.

ATLO warrants that no other items or products are available for purchase that would serve the same purpose or function, and there is only one pricing schedule for the above-named product due to exclusive distribution and marketing rights owned only by ATLO. No similar products are available on GSA or State Term Contracts.

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

Walker Hicken, Academic Program Administrator, Bureau of Education Melvin Herring, Assistant Chief, Bureau of Education Patrick Mahoney, Director, Office of Programs and Re-Entry McKayla Bailey, Purchasing Specialist, Bureau of Procurement Charlotte Shorter-Rumlin, Purchasing Manager, Bureau of Procurement Alyssa Dillon, Strategic Sourcing Administrator, Bureau of Procurement Eunice Arnold, Assistant Bureau Chief, Bureau of Procurement 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.