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STATE OF MICHIGAN PROCUREMENT

Award Recommendation Notice of Intent to Award Number 2100000000802

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Procurement office has completed the evaluation of RFP# 210000002174 for Microcystin Field Test Strips and has recommended an award to Eurofins Abraxis, Inc. in the amount of $84,314.70, pending State Administrative Board approval, if applicable. More information on the State Administrative Board can be found at: State Administrative Board.

Bidders who were not recommended for the award are encouraged to schedule a debriefing session with the Solicitation Manager. The debriefing session will provide the bidder with the State’s rationale on why the bidder was not recommended for the award. The Solicitation Manager may be contacted as follows:

Lisa VanOstran, Solicitation Manager vanostranl@michigan.gov

(517) 599-7680

Background Information:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) was to solicit responses for selection of a Contractor to provide Microcystin Field Test Strips. The term of this contract is three years, with two one-year renewal options.

Bidders:

The RFP was posted on SIGMA VSS on June 16, 2021. No bidders submitted proposals by the published due date of July 1, 2021. EGLE contacted the incumbent vendor for pricing. Vendor completed the RFP document and it was reviewed and evaluated.

City, State Zip

SDVOB*

Eurofins Abraxis, Inc.

124 Railroad Drive Warminster, PA 18974 No

*SDVOB: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business

Version 1 Revised: 8/2019

Version 1: 8/2019 Evaluation Synopsis I. Evaluation Process A Responsible Bidder is a bidder that demonstrates it has the ability to successfully perform the duties identified by the solicitation. A Responsive proposal is one that is submitted in accordance with the solicitation instructions and meets all mandatory requirements identified in the solicitation.

Proposal Instructions, Evaluation Process PASS/FAIL – contract award to lowest price PASS bidder The full evaluation process is stated in the RFP Proposal Instructions.

II. Evaluation Method Responses to this solicitation were reviewed by the Solicitation Manager in collaboration with the Subject Matter Expert, which consisted of the following individuals:

Lisa VanOstran, Procurement Manager Aaron Parker, Aquatic Biologist III. Evaluation Results The evaluators reviewed the proposals and made the following determinations related to the published specifications:

VI. Pricing Summary Pricing was evaluated for the bidders who received a PASS rating and is summarized below:

VII. Award Recommendation:

Award Recommendation is made to the responsive and responsible bidder who receives a PASS rating and offers the lowest price to the State of Michigan. Low price is determined by the bidder who meets the requirements and offers the lowest overall price as demonstrated by its proposal. Award Recommendation is made to Eurofins Abraxis, Inc. in the amount of $84,314.70.

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