SOLE SOURCE NOTICE - Flowbird Expansion and Annual Service Charges

SOLE SOURCE NOTICE - Flowbird Expansion and Annual Service Charges

Flowbird Expansion and Annual Service Charges

SOLE SOURCE PUBLIC NOTICE

First Date of Public Notice: December 29, 2025

Anticipated Award Date: January 6, 2026

Description: Flowbird Expansion and Annual Service Charges
Prospective Contractor: Cale America, Inc. dba Flowbird – Clearwater, FL
Amount: $ 1,600,000

The City intends to purchase the above referenced goods or services, personal services or professional services
on a Sole Source basis as allowed in the City's adopted Public Contracting Rules, Section IV Alternative Source
Selection Methods for Goods or Services, Personal Services, and Professional Services.

Protests of Sole Source Procurement:
An affected person may protest the determination that goods, services, personal services, or professional
services or a class of goods, services, personal services or professional services are available from only one
source.

An affected person must deliver a written protest to the City Manager's office (555 Liberty St SE, Room 220,
Salem, OR 97301) within seven (7) days after the First Date of Public Notice as stated above. The written protest
must be submitted with a certified check or cashier's check in the amount of $500 to cover the costs of
processing the protest. A protest submitted after the timeline established is untimely, and shall not be
considered.

The written protest must include:
(1) A detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds for the protest;
(2) Evidence or documentation supporting the grounds on which the protest is based;
(3) A description of the resulting harm to the affected person; and
(4) The relief requested.