AMTI Force Plates

Agency:	University of Mississippi.
State:	Mississippi
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	65 - Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies 66 - Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
Posted:	Apr 15, 2024
Due:	Apr 30, 2024
Solicitation No:	SS - 375
Publication URL:	To access bid details, please log in.

Attachment Preview

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

Notice of Intent to Certify Sole Source

#SS 375

The University of Mississippi (UM) anticipates purchasing the item(s) listed below as a sole source

purchase. Anyone objecting to this purchase as a sole source shall follow the procedures outlined

below.

Commodity or commodities to be purchased (manufacturer, model, description):

AMTI 600x1200 force plates manufactured by Advanced Mechanical Technology, INC

(AMTI) Shannon Neville North American Sales Manager Biomechanical Engineer, MSc

Pacific Time (PST) 176 Waltham Street Watertown, MA 02472 Office: +1 617.926.6700 ext.

323 Mobile: +1 781.330.1831 E-mail: ShannonN@amtimail.com

The need to be fulfilled by this item(s) and why it is the only one that can meet the

specific needs of the department:

AMTI is the sole manufacturer and vendor of OPTIMA platform systems and OPTIMA amplifiers in

the US, with specifications listed below. BMS6001200 Force Platform The Optima BMS series

provides levels of accuracy never before seen in force platform systems: • Average Center of

Pressure (COP) accuracy of just a fraction of a millimeter (typically less than 0.5) • Crosstalk values

typically ±0.2% of applied load • Measurement accuracy typically ±0.5% of applied load*

Additionally, AMTI is the primary integration with our existing Noraxon IMU and IMU system for

the capture of rotational motions.

Name of company/individual selling the item and why that source is the only possible source

that can provide the required item(s):

Advanced Mechanical Technology, INC (AMTI) Shannon Neville North American Sales Manager

Biomechanical Engineer, MSc Pacific Time (PST) 176 Waltham Street Watertown, MA 02472

Office: +1 617.926.6700 ext. 323 Mobile: +1 781.330.1831 E-mail: ShannonN@amtimail.com

Website: www.amti.biz. For almost two decades, we have utilized AMTI plates for gathering data

due to their seamless integration with our current systems. All AMTI USB products, including our

Optima multi-axis force platform systems, feature a patented smart chip technology (US Patents No.

9255859 B2 and 9885623 B2).

Why the amount to be expended for the commodity is reasonable:

The amount of the forceplate system is discounted and very reasonable price for the 2 plates and

platform considering it directly integrates real time with our current Noraxon and Betec systems

without outside software integration.

Efforts that the agency went through to obtain the best possible price for the commodity:

AMTI is the best and also the only one that fully integrates with our existing system without having

to purchase additional software or hardware development. We held negations with the vendor and

they have given a 15% discount off the market price.

Page 1 of 2

Submission Instructions and Format of Response from Objecting Parties:

Interested parties who have reason to believe that the item(s) above should not be certified as a

sole source should provide information in the following format for UM to use in determining

whether or not to proceed with awarding the Sole Source purchase.

1.1 Interested Party Information

1.1.1 Contact Name, Phone Number, Address and email address

1.1.2 Company Website URL, if applicable

1.2 Objection to Sole Source Certification

1.2.1 Interested parties must present specific objections to the Sole

Source certification using the criteria listedabove.

1.2.2 A statement regarding the Interested Party's capabilities as

related to this Sole Source Certification Request.

1.3 Comments will be accepted any time prior to Tuesday, April 30,

2 0 2 4 at 10: 00 am (Central Time) to Frank Kemp or Jeff Wells at

solesource@olemiss.edu (with Cc: to fkemp@olemiss.edu ) at The University of

Mississippi Procurement Services Department, 164 Jeanette Phillips Drive, PO

Box 1848, University, Mississippi 38677. Responses may be delivered by hand, via

regular mail, overnight delivery, or e-mail.

The e n v e l o p e or e m a i l s h o u l d r e f e r e n c e t h e s ol e s o u r c e n u m-

be r .U M WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELAYS IN

THE DELIVERY OF RESPONSES. It is solely the responsibility of the

Interested Parties that responses reach UM on time. Interested Parties may

contact Frank Kemp or Jeff Wells to verify the receipt of their Responses.

Responses received after the deadline will be rejected.

If after a review of the submitted notice and documents, UM determines that the

commodity in the proposed sole source request can be provided by another person or entity,

then UM will withdraw the sole source certification and submit the procurement of the

commodity to an advertised competitive bid or selection process.

If UM determines after review that there is only one (1) source for the required

commodity, then UM will appeal to the Public Procurement Review Board for

approval to purchase.

Page 2 of 2

This is the opportunity summary page. You are currently viewing an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation. For more information, please visit the Publication URL Web page.

AMTI Force Plates

Attachment Preview

See also