PUR7776 VIP.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Corrections (FDC)

TITLE: McCann Associates Short description of the commodity or service desired: The Department is seeking to purchase proprietary software used to deliver, score, and provide placement results and reporting for the Post-Secondary Educational Readiness Test (PERT).

CONTACT

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

Internal tracking number, if any: FDC SS-24-065

Date posted: May 13, 2024 Last day for receipt of information: June 3, 2024

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

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

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 Department is seeking to purchase proprietary software used to deliver, score, and provide placement results and reporting for the Post-Secondary Educational Readiness Test (PERT).

McCann Associates provides a fully customized assessment delivery platform in

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CollegeSuccess, a platform that contains PERT Computer Adaptive assessments for Reading, Sentence Skills, and Math as well as the associated PERT upper and lower-level diagnostic analyses. McCann Associates also provides coordinated virtual meetings to collaborate with FDC staff on the CollegeSuccess platform for the delivery of both computer adaptive assessments and diagnostic analyses. The platform includes individual testing sites as mandated by FDC administrators, the creation of custom test settings, training of all FDC staff associated with the program, and use of the CollegeSuccess platform at all levels and across all functions.

Intended Single Source:

McCann Associates 6805 Route 20 New Hope, PA 18938

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$82,000.00 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):

McCann Associates, a division of Vantage, LLC, is the sole source provider and copyright/patent holder of CollegeSuccess, a proprietary software used to deliver, score, and provide placement results and reporting for the PERT. There are no other vendors that can provide these custom, licensed assessments to the Department.

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

McKayla Bailey, Purchasing Analyst, Bureau of Procurement Charlotte Shorter-Rumlin, Purchasing Manager, Bureau of Procurement Alyssa Dillon, Strategic Sourcing Administrator, Bureau of Procurement April Kalnin, Assistant Chief of Education, Workforce Development Eunice Arnold, Assistant Bureau Chief, Bureau of Procurement J. Olyn Long, 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 Rule 60A- 1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.