NOTICE OF SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT

Date: August 23, 2017

Vendor/Contractor: SolidProf essor

Contract Amount: $30,000.00

Description of Services: web-based product to provide teachers support in teaching 3D modeling and CAD drafting and design.

Sole Source Determination: Unique product with no known competitors in the marketplace. Purchased directly from the publisher.

Date of Award: TBD

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VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHARTING THE COURSE

Department of Teaching and Learning

MEMORANDUM

TO: J. Kevin Beardsley, Director, Pwchasing Services FROM: Amy E. Cashwell, Ed.D., Chief Academic Offi __)

James M. Pohl, Ph.D., Executive Director of Se Teaching and Learning Sara Lockett, Ed.D., Director of Technical and Career Education

SUBJECT: SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF SOLID

PROFESSOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR DESIGN

DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 REQUISITION#: TCED-18-0298233 TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT: $30,000.00 JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE: In continued support of career and technical programs and STEM education throughout Virginia Beach City Public Schools, the Office of Technical and Career Education in support of engineering and design education, proposes the renewal of the Solid Professor program. Thispackage includes an online video-based tutorials for VBCPS teachers to engage with their students on varied aspects of design. This sole source request is necessary because Solid Professor is the exclusive vendor. /kb

Attachments ec: Aaron C. Spence, Ed.D., Superintendent

Approved: . Kev n Beardsley, irectorffice of Purchasing Services

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Additional Supporting Information for Sole Source Justification

An extensive web search found multiple reviews of the Solid professor software but no mention

or reviews for competing products. To the extent of our knowledge, this is a unique offering

designed to supplement the teaching of 30 modeling and CAD drafting and design with the goal

of having students receive industry credentials.

This purchase extends an existing program for another year.

Kevin Beardsley, Director of Purcha n Date

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Getting Started:

Solid Professor's web-based system provides Instant deployment -nothing to Install, configure, upload, or maintain. The responsive platform means you and your students can use Solid Professor on any device to take advantage of unlimited access to Solid Professor with no limit on amount of video views.

When you adopt SolldProfessor as required resource, you receive a complimentary Instructor license, and students receive a 12-month membership and retain access to SolldProfessor even after the course Is over. Student licenses cannot be shared, gifted, re-sold, or transferred.

SolldProfessor Education Pricing

SolldProfessor's enrollment fee Is priced competitively with other resources on the market. By purchasing SolldProfessor for at least three schools In the district, pricing Is as follows:

1-Year Membership ·--rttit·· smJ ·��- fi/adfil{6���,g,� ltl!i�rliil1�l�ll�'lfl�1!YI f�t:il�,; ... �. · en o t: • . � Membershi"'° �:�r,- �'.of�t,:f.��.l:11-1',�ft.»i,,�. r,�"!'M�,.

Advanced Technology Center $3,000 Bayside High School $3,000

Cox High School $3,000 Kempsville High School $3,000

1 year Solid Professor landstown High School $3,000

Education license Ocean Lakes High School $3,000 Princess Anne High School $3,000 Salem High School $3,000

Tallwood High School $3,000 Virginia Beach Tech Center $3,000

Total $30,000

2 years Education License

10Schools $60,000

2·YEAR with 10% off (6,000) Total $54,000

3-Year Membership

3 years Education License

lOSchools $90,000

3-YEAR with 20¾ off ($18,000) Total $72,000

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About SolldProfessor

Since 2004, SolldProfessor has been at the forefront of the technology revolution that is transforming how students

learn. Using the most advanced technologies and instructional design techniques, we deliver world-class educational

content to young engineers, designers, architects, manufacturers, and fabricators. We work closely with faculty to

ensure that our products support the most innovative STEM-based teaching Initiatives. We are dedicated to providing

students with the cutting-edge skills and knowledge they need to advance and succeed in their chosen field of study.

Today's Challenges In Education

Schools today know they need effective curriculum and resources to create successful STEM programs. Instructors need

more than just textbooks to cultivate creativity through the powerful design software at their disposal. A few areas of

concern for many schools are:

• Keeping pace with rapidly changing technology

• Finding quality elearning resources

• Providing customized learning experiences Instead of "one size fits alttt instruction

• Offering meaningful, high-quality professional development for instructors

• Increasing student engagement • Working within limited budgets

• Creating curriculum aligned with state or national standards

SolidProfessor provides a solution to these challenges with resources that help Instructors deliver engaging Instructional

content through a simple onllne learning platform, complete with tools to assign lessons, track progress, and test

students.

Creating an Engaging learning Experience

Think back to your favorite teacher. Do you remember the experience of learning from them and the environment they

created in the class? Now, Imagine getting dropped off at a public library that has thousands of books with the same

information taught In your favorite teacher's class but no one to guide you through the experience of learning It. How do

those different experiences affect how you learn?

With every course we create, through video, hands-on activity, workshop, case study, or an assessment, we create an

effective and engaging learning experience. With each course, we want our learners to feel as engaged and inspired as

they did with their f avorlte teachers.

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