SS 375- NOTICE OF PROPOSED SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.pdf

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

Notice of Intent to Certify Sole Source

#SS 375

The University of Mississippi (UM) anticipates purchasing the item(s) listed below as a sole source purchase. Anyone objecting to this purchase as a sole source shall follow the procedures outlined below.

Commodity or commodities to be purchased (manufacturer, model, description):

AMTI 600x1200 force plates manufactured by Advanced Mechanical Technology, INC (AMTI) Shannon Neville North American Sales Manager Biomechanical Engineer, MSc Pacific Time (PST) 176 Waltham Street Watertown, MA 02472 Office: +1 617.926.6700 ext.

323 Mobile: +1 781.330.1831 E-mail: ShannonN@amtimail.com

The need to be fulfilled by this item(s) and why it is the only one that can meet the specific needs of the department:

AMTI is the sole manufacturer and vendor of OPTIMA platform systems and OPTIMA amplifiers in the US, with specifications listed below. BMS6001200 Force Platform The Optima BMS series provides levels of accuracy never before seen in force platform systems: • Average Center of Pressure (COP) accuracy of just a fraction of a millimeter (typically less than 0.5) • Crosstalk values typically ±0.2% of applied load • Measurement accuracy typically ±0.5% of applied load* Additionally, AMTI is the primary integration with our existing Noraxon IMU and IMU system for the capture of rotational motions.

Name of company/individual selling the item and why that source is the only possible source that can provide the required item(s):

Advanced Mechanical Technology, INC (AMTI) Shannon Neville North American Sales Manager Biomechanical Engineer, MSc Pacific Time (PST) 176 Waltham Street Watertown, MA 02472 Office: +1 617.926.6700 ext. 323 Mobile: +1 781.330.1831 E-mail: ShannonN@amtimail.com Website: www.amti.biz. For almost two decades, we have utilized AMTI plates for gathering data due to their seamless integration with our current systems. All AMTI USB products, including our Optima multi-axis force platform systems, feature a patented smart chip technology (US Patents No.

9255859 B2 and 9885623 B2).

Why the amount to be expended for the commodity is reasonable:

The amount of the forceplate system is discounted and very reasonable price for the 2 plates and platform considering it directly integrates real time with our current Noraxon and Betec systems without outside software integration.

Efforts that the agency went through to obtain the best possible price for the commodity:

AMTI is the best and also the only one that fully integrates with our existing system without having to purchase additional software or hardware development. We held negations with the vendor and they have given a 15% discount off the market price.

http://www.amti.biz/

Submission Instructions and Format of Response from Objecting Parties:

Interested parties who have reason to believe that the item(s) above should not be certified as a sole source should provide information in the following format for UM to use in determining whether or not to proceed with awarding the Sole Source purchase.

1.1 Interested Party Information

1.1.1 Contact Name, Phone Number, Address and email address

1.1.2 Company Website URL, if applicable

1.2 Objection to Sole Source Certification

1.2.1 Interested parties must present specific objections to the Sole

Source certification using the criteria listed above.

1.2.2 A statement regarding the Interested Party's capabilities as related to this Sole Source Certification Request.

1.3 Comments will be accepted any time prior to Tuesday, April 30, 2 0 2 4 at 10:00 am (Central Time) to Frank Kemp or Jeff Wells at solesource@olemiss.edu (with Cc: to fkemp@olemiss.edu ) at The University of Mississippi Procurement Services Department, 164 Jeanette Phillips Drive, PO Box 1848, University, Mississippi 38677. Responses may be delivered by hand, via regular mail, overnight delivery, or e-mail.

The e n v e l o p e or emai l should r e f e r e n c e t h e sole source n u m-be r .U M WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELAYS IN THE DELIVERY OF RESPONSES. It is solely the responsibility of the Interested Parties that responses reach UM on time. Interested Parties may contact Frank Kemp or Jeff Wells to verify the receipt of their Responses.

Responses received after the deadline will be rejected.

If after a review of the submitted notice and documents, UM determines that the commodity in the proposed sole source request can be provided by another person or entity, then UM will withdraw the sole source certification and submit the procurement of the commodity to an advertised competitive bid or selection process.

If UM determines after review that there is only one (1) source for the required commodity, then UM will appeal to the Public Procurement Review Board for approval to purchase.

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