Single Source provider for Florida Connections Reading Curriculum materials

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) is soliciting a single source provider for proprietary Florida Connections Reading Curriculum materials required for fiscal year 2026-2027 implementation in compliance with Florida Department of Education guidelines for state school curriculum adoption. This is not a competitive solicitation or request for bids but rather a description of intended single source purchase posted pursuant to Florida Statutes 287.057(3), 120.57(3), and Florida Administrative Code Rule 60A-1.045. The procurement encompasses educational textbooks, language arts resource materials, and reading resource books that constitute the complete Florida Connections Reading program curriculum. The advertisement period runs from March 13, 2026, at 4:00 PM through April 3, 2026, at 4:00 PM, establishing a fifteen business day advertising window as mandated by Florida statute. Potential vendors who believe they can fulfill the requirements are invited to provide information regarding their ability to supply the specified commodities during this advertising period. Questions regarding the procurement should be directed to Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing, at whitwamk@fsdbk12.org.

Perfection Learning Corporation, located at 2680 Berkshire Parkway, Suite 100, Clive, Iowa 50325, is identified as the intended sole source provider based on its exclusive status as the sole source, origin, and copyright owner of the Connections Reading program. The justification for this single source acquisition is that Perfection Learning Corporation is the only publisher or provider of these proprietary curriculum materials, and no alternative sources exist to supply equivalent products. The procurement is not subject to set-aside designations or restrictions limiting organizational type eligibility, as the single source nature of the acquisition precludes competitive competition from other vendors. The estimated not-to-exceed dollar amount for this procurement is $50,000.00 for the complete scope of curriculum materials required during fiscal year 2026-2027. Protests to this single source designation must be filed within the prescribed timeframe as required under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes, with failure to file protests or required bonds constituting a waiver of proceedings.