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Professional Services Agreement With ITI Digital, LLC, for Florida's Adventure Coast Website Digital Experience Platform for Tourism Development (Contract No. 23-RFP00375/TPR; Amount: $169,400.00)
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
On January 3, 2024, the Procurement Department issued a Request for Proposals (RFP No. 23-RFP00375/TPR) for professional services related to Digital Experience Platform - Automated feeds for Places (company listings), Events, Itineraries, and UGC, with Wordpress and DXP Hosting and maintenance.
The website for this project is www.FloridasAdventureCoast.com.
The solicitation was sent to two thousand eight hundred sixty-six (2,866) vendors. Twenty-one (21) potential bidders downloaded the solicitation.
Three (3) proposals were received on the opening date of February 5, 2024, from the following firms:
* Blue Assent Consultant LLC, Spring Hill, Florida
* ITI Digital, LLC, Bradenton, Florida
* Transform Digital LLC, San Francisco, California
One (1) proposal from Transform Digital, LLC was excluded due to a "Statement of No Proposal."
A Peer Review Committee (PRC) met on March 1, 2024, to evaluate the proposals. The committee included Tammy Heon, Tourism Development Manager, Kim Poppke, Economic Development Marketing Coordinator, and Shannon Werner, Multimedia Communication Specialist.
The PRC consensus evaluation resulted in the following score:
* IT Digital, LLC Total 99.0 out of max. 100 points
* Blue Assent Consultant LLC Total 59.2 out of max. 100 points
A Notice of Intent to award the contract to IT Digital, LLC, $169,400.00, dated March 1, 2024, was posted to the OpenGov website and posted to the Hernando County Administration electronic public bulletin board. No responses were received.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $ 63,800.00 are available in Account No.1261-02811-5304807, Tourist Development, Promo-Internet ADV&MRKTG.
LEGAL NOTE
In accordance with Part II, Chapter 2, Article V of the Hernando County...
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