Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool (FSSAT)

The Florida Department of Education's Office of Safe Schools is pursuing a single-source procurement for the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool (FSSAT), a comprehensive web-based platform designed to enable public school districts and individual school sites to conduct annual physical site security risk assessments. The procurement is specifically for a three-year contract with Secure Passage, Inc., the sole developer and maintainer of this proprietary online safety assessment platform. The system supports statewide school safety planning and compliance monitoring, providing standardized assessment templates, generating actionable reports, and allowing secure data entry and storage as mandated by sections 1001.212(1) and 1006.1493 of Florida Statutes. This opportunity is not a traditional bid process, but instead requires interested parties to review the single-source document and email a description of their service capabilities to the contact person by 10:00 A.M. on September 22, 2025. The procurement covers various software categories including business function, development, industry-specific software, and natural risks protection services, with the document posted on August 29, 2025, and the final information receipt deadline set for September 22, 2025.

The procurement appears to be exclusively available to Secure Passage, Inc. as a single-source contract, with no explicit set-aside designations or opportunities for other vendors to compete. The contract is specifically scoped for Leon County and extends across Florida's public school system, with an estimated total value of $3,014,894.30. The existing infrastructure is the FSSAT platform, which is already developed and maintained by Secure Passage, Inc., suggesting no requirement for integration with external systems. The procurement is justified by the tool's unique capabilities in providing a standardized, secure platform for mandated school security risk assessments. Secure Passage, Inc. is positioned as the exclusive vendor due to their proprietary technology and comprehensive approach to school safety assessment and reporting. The contract duration is three years, indicating a long-term commitment to maintaining and supporting this critical school safety infrastructure.