SS_22-057 PUR_7776 FINAL.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Corrections

TITLE: FloridaSatNet Deployable Satellite Communication Units & Related Service

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Satellite Communication Equipment and

Services

CONTACT

Name: Peggy Smith

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

Telephone: (850) 717-3700

Email: purchasing@fdc.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: SS-22-057

Date posted: 05/27/2022 Last day for receipt of information: 6/17/2022

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):

43191516 Satellite Phone

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One (1) Time Purchase

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

James Pate, Correctional Service Administrator- SES

Bureau of Security Operations

Office of Institutions

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 Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) requires satellite phones and equipment that provide connectivity to the FloridaSatNet. FloridaSatNet is a State of Florida satellite network that allows public officials the ability to communicate throughout the State when normal means

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of communication are lost. Specifically, the FloridaSatNet allows communications with Florida's

"Emergency Channel" monitored by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

Intended Single Source:

SkyBase Communications

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$54,490.00

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):

The FloridaSatNet Deployable Units and related services are specifically designed and manufactured by SkyBase Communications for use by State officials to access the FloridaSatNet channels when responding to emergencies. FloridaSatNet channels are offered exclusively by

SkyBase Communications, and SkyBase Communications is the only vendor that can provide access to the FloridaSatNet channels.

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

James Pate, Correctional Service Administrator -SES

Mike Harrell, Chief of Security Operations

Wes Kirkland, Deputy Director of Institutional Operations

Lacy Perkins, Purchasing Manager

Olyn Long, Assistant Chief of Procurement

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.