Aquatic Informatics

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection intends to award a single-source contract to Aquatic Informatics, Inc. for the maintenance and support of the Aquarius™ Time Series cloud-based software system, with a total contract value of $39,000. This procurement is justified under Florida Statute 287.057 due to the proprietary nature of the Aquarius™ system, which is exclusively developed and supported by Aquatic Informatics, Inc., with no authorized alternatives available. The software is critical to the Department’s Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, managing over 900 time-series datasets from 114+ water quality monitoring locations across the state to support regulatory compliance under Chapter 403.67, including impaired waters assessments, total maximum daily loads, and basin management action plans. The place of performance is the State of Florida, with all services delivered remotely via cloud infrastructure, eliminating the need for physical packaging, marking, or shipping. Protest of the intended award must be filed by May 13, 2026, and accompanied by a bond or other security as required by Florida Statute 120.57(3); failure to comply constitutes a waiver of procedural rights under Chapter 120. There is no competitive evaluation process, no formal clause structure from the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and no standard invoicing, payment, or inspection mechanisms defined beyond functional performance criteria tied to system reliability and regulatory compliance. The contracting office is the Florida DEP, with Kimberly Bowling as the primary procurement contact, though no formal contracting officer, COR, or COTR is designated in the documentation. The procurement uses NAICS code 81111805 for proprietary software support, is not subject to any military or federal packaging standards, and lacks explicit details on period of performance, options, accounting codes, or contractor representations regarding size status, UEI, or socioeconomic certifications.