Marcraft Drone Training Programs - SES

The School Board of Seminole County, Florida's Purchasing and Distribution Services Department is pursuing a Notice of Intent to Sole Source procurement for Marcraft Drone Training Programs and related equipment. The solicitation encompasses the Drone UAS Fundamentals of Flight Training Unit, Drone UAS Fundamentals of Flight Curriculum and Lab Guide, Drone UAS Fundamentals of Flight Instructor's Guide, and a Cyber Power PC Gamer Xtreme Gaming Desktop (Intel Core i5-14400F, 16GB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB, 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD). The intended sole source vendor is Southern Educational Systems, Inc., located in Lexington, Kentucky, identified as the sole authorized educational distributor for the Marcraft brand Drone Training Programs (UAS-6000) in Florida. The Notice of Intent was posted on February 12, 2026, with responses due by February 23, 2026, at 1:00 PM EST. Interested parties or vendors with comparable or like products may submit notice of such availability by the response due date; failure to do so will result in the School Board proceeding with the sole source purchase from Southern Educational Systems. The purchasing contact is Ginger Midgett at (407) 320-0057 or midgetgn@scps.k12.fl.us, and decisions and recommendations will be posted to VendorLink on the Purchasing and Distribution Services website within one week after the response due date.

This procurement is being pursued as a sole source acquisition under Florida Administrative Code 6A-1.012(12)(d), which exempts the purchase from competitive solicitation requirements based on the sole source availability of the Marcraft Drone Training Programs in Florida. No specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions on organizational type have been noted in the solicitation materials. Southern Educational Systems, Inc. is identified as the incumbent and intended vendor for this procurement. The approximate annual expenditure for this sole source purchase is $28,145.00. The sole source determination is valid for one year after School Board approval and must be re-posted and validated annually. Any protests to this procurement must be filed in accordance with Section 120.57(3) of Florida Statutes.