Welcome to FloridaProcurements.com (“FlaProc”). The FlaProc website is a free service provided by Attorney Sean Gellis to educate and assist technology companies in identifying and winning state contracting opportunities in Florida. Sean is a Florida Bar Board Certified Expert in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice and holds an undefeated record in bid protest litigation. Before founding Gellis Law, PLLC, he served as Chief of Staff and Interim General Counsel of DMS, Florida’s lead procurement agency and the “business arm of Florida government.”
Welcome to the inaugural edition of BidWatch!
Here’s our quick summary for this week:
FDOT awarded a $1m contract for a “CADD Model Viewer Application.”
DOE posted a RFP for a software update to its Sonitrol system. Deadline to respond Feb 14, 2024.
Citizens Property Insurance posted an ITN for Property Loss Estimating Software. Deadline to respond Feb 20, 2024.
Technology Contract Awards
The Department of Transportation awarded a $1,084,120.52 contract to Bentley Systems, Inc. for a “CADD Model Viewer Application.” The award was made under the MFMP commodity codes 43232400 – Development software, and 43232701 – Application server software.
Losing bidders included:
Trimble, Inc. – $2,063,557.00 total price
Gannett Fleming, Inc. – $3,457,652.00 total price
Dynasty Group, Inc. – $1,295,000.00 total price.
A link the agency posting can be found here.
Technology Contracting Opportunities
Requests for Proposals
Title: Access Control System Maintenance
Posted: January 8, 2024
Agency: Department of Education
Procurement Number: RFP 2024-67
Description: The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to provide a software update to the current Department Sonitrol/Redwire access control system, provide ongoing and future hardware and software maintenance, training to the Department’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and other relevant Department staff in the operation of hardware and software, and any hardware and software installations required by the Department. Some costs for additional hardware installations may be billed in addition to the standard maintenance contract. Hardware is defined as all Sonitrol/Redwire readers, nodes, door locks, and other hardware required to provide secure access to the Turlington Building. Software is defined as the current S2 badging system, or its equivalent.
Deadline to Respond: February 14, 2024
Link to Procurement: Here
MFMP Tech Commodity Codes:
81112204 – Operating system software maintenance
81112208 – Security and protection software maintenance
Invitations to Negotiate
Title: Property Loss Estimating Software
Posted: January 10, 2024
Agency: Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Description: Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) is seeking competitive sealed replies (Replies) from firms (Vendors) capable of providing property loss estimation Software-as-a-Service for daily and catastrophe claims operations (Software). This Software is critical for Citizens to estimate the loss of a property claim successfully and accurately. The initial scope of services is outlined below and will be more fully explored during the negotiation phase of this ITN.
Deadline to Respond: February 20, 2024
Links: Citizens Procurement Portal
ITN: Document Here
MFMP Tech Commodity Codes:
43231500 – Business function specific software
81162000 – cloud-based software as a service
81162100 – cloud-based platform as a service
81162200 – cloud-based infrastructure as a service