Sole Source Letter_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Sole Source Letter written to justify a single source acquisition of proprietary Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training services and materials by the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB). The FSDB requires these services and materials to provide mandatory nonviolent crisis prevention training to its staff members in order to maintain certification and train new employees. The total expenditure for these ongoing services and materials throughout fiscal year 2022-2023 is not to exceed $34,999.00. CPI is the sole provider and owner of the copyrighted training programs, presentations, manuals, and other proprietary materials associated with this training.

The justification for this single source acquisition is that CPI owns the intellectual property rights to all the required training components, and therefore there is no other vendor that can provide the same proprietary services and materials. The training programs and supplemental materials are necessary for the FSDB to comply with state requirements for staff certification in nonviolent crisis prevention methods.