Kyra Solutions

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has determined to award a single-source contract to Kyra Solutions, Inc. for GEODES Hosting and Maintenance Services under Florida Statute 287.057, which permits non-competitive acquisitions when a service is uniquely available from only one responsible source. The contract value is set at $72,000, with the purpose of sustaining and enhancing the GEologic Data Enterprise System, a critical digital repository for subsurface geoscience data including borehole samples, geophysical logs, and well locations that supports the Florida Geological Survey’s statutory obligations. The award is justified solely on Kyra Solutions’ exclusive proprietary ownership of the GEODES codebase and secure cloud infrastructure, making any transition to an alternate provider impractical due to high operational risk and prohibitive costs. The place of performance is Florida, with services delivered remotely through Kyra’s Tallahassee-based cloud platform, ensuring 24/7 availability, data integrity, and interoperability with state and federal geospatial systems. The contract has no option periods, additional line items, or specified delivery schedules, and no formal evaluation factors beyond the statutory sole-source criteria are applied. Protesting parties must file objections within the timeframe prescribed by Florida Statute 120.57(3), with protests directed to the Agency Clerk at the Department of Environmental Protection’s Tallahassee office via email, fax, or mail; failure to timely file a protest or post required bond constitutes a waiver of rights under Chapter 120. The procurement notice was posted on April 24, 2026, with a response deadline of April 29, 2026, solely for protest submissions, as no competitive bidding is permitted or expected. Kimberly Bowling, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor, serves as the primary point of contact for inquiries, with Guy H. Means, Director of the Florida Geological Survey, identified as an approver but no formal Contracting Officer or Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative is designated. No federal acquisition regulation clauses, representations, certifications, packaging requirements, payment office details, invoicing methods, security clearances, or organizational conflict of interest provisions are included, as the transaction is governed solely by state law and the unique technical dependency on Kyra Solutions as the sole provider of the system’s underlying technology.