(JULY 2026 ONLY) - CBM26 - BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER - for the purchase of bacteriological water sample… and 2 more items

The Florida Department of Health awarded a blanket purchase order contract to the Escambia County Water Quality Laboratory for bacteriological water sample analysis services. The contract, valued at $14,700.00, was awarded on July 1, 2026, and will remain in effect through June 30, 2027. The services will be performed at the Escambia County Water Quality Laboratory, located in Pensacola, Florida, serving the Florida Department of Health-Escambia's Environmental Analysis Program.

Under this contract, the Escambia County Water Quality Laboratory will conduct bacteriological analysis of surface water samples collected by Environmental Analysis Program field staff from local monitoring sites. Testing services include enterococci analysis via Enterolert/Quanti-Tray methodology, fecal coliform analysis, pH measurement, and salinity assessment to support Florida's Healthy Beaches Program. The contract is structured across three blanket purchase orders with a combined projected need of 588 samples at a unit rate of $25.00 per sample. Authorized users include Louviminda Curry, Denise Weeks, LeeAnn Lutz, Shelly McLeod, and Marrie Favorite, with administrative oversight directed to Brent Wipf, Water Quality and Land Management Division Manager of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners.