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Mississippi Forensic Laboratory

Notice of Proposed Sole Source Services

Sole source # 3150006828

The Mississippi Forensic Laboratory (MSFL) is seeking consulting services both virtual and onsite for the implementation and validation of LC- MS/MS services.

Provide confirmation methods for the measurement of drugs in blood samples for the investigation of DUID cases.

1. What is the professional service that is being requested to Sole Source?

PinPoint Testing LLC is the sole owner of Tox Box products. ToxBox provides a unique, ready-to-use analytical solution that integrates analytical standards, isotopically labeled internal standards, and quality control materials in a single system adaptable to multiple analytical instrument platforms. Pinpoint Point will service as the consultation, development, and implementation of the ToxBox® product

2. Please provide an explanation of why the professional service is the only service that can meet the needs of the agency.

The Mississippi State Forensics Laboratory (MSFL) currently uses this company and its products in its current analysis of drugs of abuse in biological samples.

This will allow for continued usage of the products and services on newly acquired equipment that has replaced older equipment.

3. Please provide an explanation of why the vendor is the only vendor that can offer the professional service that can meet the needs of the agency.

PinPoint Testing, LLC is the only qualified and authorized provider of consulting services related to the validation, implementation, and technical support of

ToxBox® products. These services are required to ensure proper use of the products and to maintain compliance with applicable accreditation standards, including ISO/IEC 17025. Use of third-party vendors would introduce unacceptable technical and accreditation risk due to lack of access to proprietary product specifications and methodologies.

4. Was any market analysis conducted in order to ensure that the service required was practicably available from only one source?

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ToxBox® products and associated consulting services are proprietary, trademarked offerings exclusively manufactured and provided by PinPoint

Testing, LLC. PinPoint Testing, LLC is the sole owner of the ToxBox® trademark, intellectual property, and proprietary formulations, and is the only entity authorized to manufacture, distribute, or support ToxBox® products.

Because the products and related consulting services are proprietary and cannot be obtained from alternative suppliers without materially altering laboratory workflows, validation requirements, and accreditation compliance, PinPoint

Testing, LLC represents the sole source capable of providing these products and services.

5. Please provide an explanation of why the amount to be expended for the service is reasonable.

Estimated Cost: $79,260.00

The amount to be expended is reasonable due to the scope of services that is provided by PinPoint Testing, LLC. Included in the services are consultation, research and development, suitability assessment and instrument operation, final method validation, and training. Included with the cost, PinPoint, LLC provides all materials, personnel, and validation services needed for use of products and services.

6. Please explain the efforts the agency went through to conduct a noncompetitive negotiation to obtain the best possible price for the professional service.

Prices were negotiated with PinPoint, LLC included discounted prices due to repeated customer status and continued usage.

Any person or entity that objects and proposes that the Professional Forensics

Service in managing and delivering forensics, biometrics and identity intelligence services listed is not sole source and can be provided by another person or entity should submit a written notice to:

Britney Wesley or Sonya Williams

Procurement Department

209 Allen Stuart Drive 3rd Floor, Suite 3600

Pearl, MS 39208

The notice should contain a detailed explanation of why the service is not a sole source procurement, as well as, but not limited to the following information:

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Interested Party Information

• Contact Name, Phone Number, and email address

• Company Website URL, if applicable

Objection to Sole Source Justification

• Interested parties must present specific objections to the Sole Source certification, including, but not limited to the following:

a) A description of the service that Interested Party believes is comparable to

Forensics Service in managing and delivering forensics, biometrics and identity intelligence.

b) An explanation of why Interested Party’s service can also meet the needs of the agency; and

c) A list of sources from which Interested Party’s services may be procured.

• If Interested Party claims that the Forensics Service is available from a source other than Pinpoint Testing, the objection must contain a written statement from

Pinpoint Testing that the Interested Party is an authorized distributor or reseller of Professional Forensics Service

This information should be provided no later than Monday July 13, 2026, at 5:00 pm local time. Response may be delivered by hand, via regular mail or overnight delivery.

If after a review of the submitted notice and documents, MDPS determines that the service in the proposed sole-source request can be provided by another person or entity, then MDPS will withdraw the sole source request publication from the procurement portal website and submit the procurement of the commodity or commodities to an advertised competitive bid process.

If MDPS determines after the review that there is only one (1) source for the required commodity or commodities, then MDPS will appeal to the Public

Procurement Review Board. MDPS will have the burden of proving that the commodity or commodities is only provided by one (1) source.