Aquatic Informatics

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (DEAR), has issued a statutorily mandated fifteen business day advertisement for an intended single source procurement of Aquarius Time Series (AQTS) cloud service maintenance and support from Aquatic Informatics Inc. This procurement is not a request for bid or proposal but rather a formal notice of the state's intent to enter into a single source contract for continued operation and support of the AQTS system, a proprietary software platform essential to the state's water quality data management operations. The primary deliverable is one year of cloud service maintenance and support for the AQTS system, which currently manages data from approximately 114 continuous monitoring locations statewide, housing over 900 time-series datasets critical to environmental assessments, impaired waters evaluations, and total maximum daily load modeling required under Chapter 403.67, Florida Statutes. The key objectives include maintaining mission-critical data management processes and ensuring seamless continuity in environmental data access and analysis. The procurement was posted on April 16, 2026, with a deadline for receipt of prospective vendor information by May 7, 2026. No site visits or bidders' conferences are scheduled. The contact for this procurement is Kimberly Bowling, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor, at the DEP's Tallahassee office.

The single source justification is predicated on Aquatic Informatics Inc. being the sole developer and operator of the Aquarius software brand, with no competing alternatives or authorized representatives available to provide equivalent services. This procurement contains no identified set-aside designations or restrictions on respondent types based on disadvantaged enterprise status. Aquatic Informatics Inc. is listed as the incumbent vendor, and the existing infrastructure consists of the AQTS cloud-based platform that has been integrated into DEAR's operational workflows for statewide water quality monitoring. The estimated contract value for this one-year procurement is $39,000. The procurement has been approved by Denise Miller (Program Administrator), Kenneth Weaver (Deputy Director), and Kimberly Bowling (Purchasing Specialist Supervisor) at the Florida DEP.