Single Source Provider for Overdrive Subscription service

The state and local contract opportunity is for a single source provider for OverDrive's subscription service. OverDrive provides a series of services and digital content materials that enable schools and districts to lend popular audiobooks, eBooks, digital textbooks, and other digital content via the school's library website. OverDrive's student reading app, Sora, allows school users access to age-appropriate titles from their local library's OverDrive hosted collection via OverDrive's Public Library Connect (PLC). The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) is seeking to enter into a single source contract with OverDrive, Inc. for a yearly subscription to their Sora Digital Library for FY 2023-2024, with an estimated not-to-exceed amount of $5,000. The justification for the single source acquisition is that OverDrive, Inc. is the sole vendor capable of offering the unique services and sought-after materials, including features such as a customized website, browser-based reading and listening, integration with library discovery tools, and accessibility features for the blind and visually impaired.

This contract opportunity is open to all vendors, but OverDrive, Inc. is the incumbent provider and the sole source of the required services and materials. There are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The contract value is estimated at $5,000 for the yearly subscription, but the actual award value may vary based on the services and materials required by FSDB.