Single Source provider for Apple products
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- SS-16444
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP codes
- UNSPSC codes
- Point of contact
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- Kim Whitwam whitwamk@fsdbk12.org (904) 827-2356
Opportunity details come from vendor.myfloridamarketplace.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is issuing a notice of intended decision to enter into a single-source contract with Apple, Inc. for Apple Products and proprietary software for FY 2026–2027, with the advertisement period running July 7 through July 28, 2026. This is a sole-source procurement; prospective vendors who believe they can fulfill the requirement must submit relevant information to Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing, at whitwamk@fsdbk12.org during the fifteen business-day advertising window.
The scope covers computers (NIGP code 43211500) and operating system software (NIGP code 43233004). Apple Products include Services, CTO Products (custom-modified products available only by special order), and hardware and software manufactured, distributed, or licensed under Apple-owned or licensed brand names.
The not-to-exceed estimated dollar amount is $135,000. FSDB justifies the single-source designation on the basis that Apple, Inc. is the sole source provider of Apple Products for K-12 education institutions in the United States and maintains direct sales and purchasing relationships with such institutions that preclude alternative sources. The agency retains discretion to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses received during the advertisement period. Protests must be filed within the timeframe prescribed in Florida Statute 120.57(3), or the right to protest will be waived.
Opportunity text
Performance and/or Design Requirements:
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) is in need of Apple Products and proprietary software for FY 2026-2027
Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $135,000.00 Intended source:
Apple, Inc.
12545 Riata Vista Circle, MS-183-ED
Austin, TX 78727
Justification for single source acquisition:
Apple, Inc., is the sole source provider of Apple Products for private and public K-12 education institutions in the United States.
"Apple Products" refers to Services, CTO Products, hardware and software products manufactured, distributed or licensed under and Apple-owned or licensed brand name that an Apple customer has paid to acquire or has properly licensed from Apple for its own use. "Services" means collectively, the standard, price-listed services, support, and/or training products sold under the Apple brand name. "CTO Products" means Products that Apple modifies from its standard configurations and that are available to an Apple customer only by special order.
The only source of Apple Products for private or public K-12 education institutions is Apple. Apple will continue to have a direct sales and purchasing relationship with K-12 education institutions and will continue to be the sole source for all of the Apple Products sold to K-12 education institutions
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2-Apple SS-27-020.docx | DOCX document |
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