9280-27-R-RFIN-00004

Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted

Solicitation number
3150006965
State
Mississippi
Responses due

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Opportunity details come from ms.gov. Updated .

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Written by GovTribe AI ·

The University of Southern Mississippi is pursuing a sole source contract for monthly maintenance of the Trust Autonomy Portal (TAP) product with Bluemvmt, Inc., with objections to the sole source designation due by 8:00 a.m. Central Time on August 27, 2026. The procurement is designated sole source; any entity may object in writing to Jacob Cochran, Director of Procurement & Contracts, with detailed documentation of alternative sources. If USM determines alternative vendors exist following objection review, the procurement will convert to competitive advertised selection. If USM confirms sole source status, the matter escalates to the Public Procurement Review Board, with USM bearing the burden of proof that the commodity is available only from Bluemvmt.

The scope covers ongoing maintenance and support for TAP, a product combining custom development tailored to USM's requirements with Bluemvmt's proprietary Bluemvmt Cloud Platform (BCP). Bluemvmt's sole source justification rests on two factors: the vendor has trained a proprietary RAG-based AI system using USM-specific datasets with unique integration to the HoloOcean platform requiring access to BCP source code; and TAP's capability to operate independently on edge devices without cloud infrastructure relies on BCP architecture that only Bluemvmt can maintain. The vendor asserts that ongoing maintenance requires access to both BCP proprietary source code and USM proprietary intellectual property — a combination exclusively available through Bluemvmt and no other vendor currently performs browser-based streaming applications to HoloOcean using USM models and datasets.

Work is performed at the Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise in Gulfport, Mississippi. No contract value, term length beyond the stated monthly cadence, or pricing information is disclosed in the sole source justification. The RFx number is 3150006965. Inquiries may be directed to bids@usm.edu or 601-266-4131.

Opportunity text

USM SSP 27_003 Notice of Proposed Sole Source Purchase of TAP Maintenance. http://www.ms.gov/dfa/contract_bid_search/Bid RFx: 3150006965 Comments/objections will be received as required per Section 31-7-13 (C) of the Mississippi Code until 8:00 a.m. (Cen

Files

File Type Posted
BLUEMVMT - BUSINESS JUSTIFICATION.pdf PDF
USM SSP 27_003 ADVERTISEMENT.pdf PDF
BLUEMVMT - SOLE SOURCE LETTER VENDOR.pdf PDF

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