Single Source Provider Mobex for Yakchat applications
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- SS-16671
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- 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 (FSDB) is advertising a single-source procurement for user licenses for the Mobex, Inc. YakChat application, with the notice period closing September 3, 2026. This is a sole-source acquisition with no competitive bidding.
The scope is SMS and MMS messaging user licenses integrated with Microsoft Teams, Active Directory, Outlook, SharePoint, and Microsoft's bot framework for fiscal year 2026-2027. FSDB justifies the single source based on YakChat's stated position as the sole provider of SMS and MMS messaging technology fully integrated with Microsoft Teams and Microsoft's bot framework at the specified level. The agency asserts no other application matches YakChat's user-friendliness and two-way communication capabilities between Teams users and external parties.
The estimated not-to-exceed contract value is $22,000. The intended single-source provider is Mobex, Inc., a Florida Corporation located at P.O. Box 16944, Clearwater, Florida 33766, which distributes and supports YakChat on a nationwide basis. The advertisement period runs from August 13, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. through September 3, 2026 at 4:00 p.m., constituting the statutory fifteen business day notice period for single-source procurements under Florida law. Vendors believing they can meet the stated requirements may submit capability information to Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing, at whitwamk@fsdbk12.org during the advertising period.
Opportunity text
Performance and/or Design Requirements:
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) is in need of user licenses for Mobex, Inc., YakChat application to facilitate SMS and MMS messaging to and from Microsoft Teams users for FY 2026-2027
Estimated Dollar Amount Not-to-Exceed: $22,000.00. Intended source:
Mobex, Inc.
P.O. Box 16944
Clearwater, FL 33766
Justification for single source acquisition:
Mobex Inc, a Florida Corporation, distributes and supports on a Nation-wide basis the YakChat application to facilitate SMS and MMS messaging to and from Microsoft Teams users. We have found no other application as user friendly, and as specifically focused on two-way communication between the Teams user and their respective party. Here is a description of the application provided by YakChat:
YakChat Ltd supplies SMS text messaging in Microsoft Teams. We are the only company that provides a messaging application that is fully integrated with Microsoft Teams, Active Directory, Outlook, SharePoint, and Microsoft's bot framework making it the easiest SMS text solution for Microsoft Teams customers. YakChat Ltd is the sole and only provider of this level of integrated text messaging technology in Microsoft Teams.
No other source exists for Mobex, Inc. YakChat application as it is the sole and only provider of this level of integrated text messaging technology in Microsoft teams.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2-Mobex SS-27-043.docx | DOCX document |
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