EXP2454-PUR7778.pdf

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NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION

TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

(PUR 7778)

This Notice of Intended Decision to Enter into a Single Source Contract is posted in accordance with section 287.057(3), Florida Statutes.

AGENCY: Department of Health, Palm Beach County

TITLE: QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (IGRA) Short description of the commodity or service desired: Testing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, an Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA).

CONTACT:

Name: Katrina Ferguson Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: (850) 617-5854 Email: Katrina.Ferguson@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any:

DMS Single Source number, if applicable: EXP2454

Date Posted: 5/19/22 @1:00 pm Date End Posting: 5/24/22 @ 1:00 pm

Commodity or Contractual Service (commodity or United Nation Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

12161500 – Indicators and Reagents

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Florida Department of Health, Palm Beach County Laboratory

Performance and/or Design Requirements (intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, as appropriate):

The Florida Department of Health (FDOH), Palm Beach County Laboratory has a need to purchase reagents and supplies to perform Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigen testing using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, an Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA). FDOH, Palm Beach County Laboratory requires specialized reagents and collection devices for the automated quantitative measurement of Interferon gamma (IFN-

g) for Cell mediated immune response to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis performed on instrumentation currently owned by the FDOH, Palm Beach County Laboratory. This testing is critical to the clients served in Palm Beach to identify those that

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have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is also used for testing outreaches conducted by the County Health Department’s Tuberculosis Program to identify possible clusters of tuberculosis outbreaks within the county.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045 Florida Administrative Code, the FDOH in Palm Beach County requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, test kits and collection devices from Qiagen, LLC

Intended Single Source:

Qiagen, LLC

Price:

$300,000.00

Justification for Single Source Purchase (what is necessary and unique about the commodity, contractual service, or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

• Qiagen, LLC is the sole manufacturer and distributor of FDA approved reagents and collection devices for the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus In-Tube (IGRA) system and testing products.

• It is in the best interest of the state to maintain continuity by using these specialized reagents and collection devices needed for the testing instrumentation currently owned by the FDOH, Palm Beach County.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Samantha Washington, Chief, Bureau of General Services

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to file a bond or other security within the time allowed for filing a bond, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.