EXP2457_PUR7776_Final.pdf

PUR 7776 (Eff. 03/2016) Page 1 of 2 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health

TITLE: Arbovirus Surveillance – Sentinel Chicken Program Short description of the commodity or service desired: Set up and maintain sentinel chicken flocks. Perform routine sample collection, processing, and shipping of blood specimens to the FDOH Laboratory in Tampa for arbovirus testing.

CONTACT

Name: Niki Branch Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: (850) 558-9698 Email: niki.branch@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2457

Date posted: 5/5/22 @ 2:30 p.m. Last day for receipt of information: 5/26/22 @ 2:30 p.m.

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

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

70121604 Animal Husbandry

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 Years

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

Florida Department of Health, Palm Beach County

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements;

reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

The Florida Department of Health, Palm Beach County, has a need to facilitate an Arbovirus Surveillance Program for tracking the presence and transmission of West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne viruses in the county. The Department currently uses the Sentinel Chicken Program for the detection of diseases and collection of data to inform disease prevention activities. This program is inclusive of the purchase of goods such as chickens, coops and feed, and it consists of services which test the chickens for viruses and transport the samples. Shipments of serum samples to the Department’s lab must comply with biohazardous shipping protocols. An approved biohazardous waste disposal permit from the Department is required for the disposal of used syringes. Services must be performed locally in Palm Beach County with capabilities to secure and maintain the coops within 24-hour notice in the event of a pending hurricane.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045 Florida Administrative Code, the Department of Health, Palm Beach County, requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, an Arbovirus Surveillance Program from Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management.

Intended Single Source:

Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management

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Estimated Dollar Amount:

$379,896.00

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

• Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management is sole provider of the Clarke Sentinel Chicken Management Program and has exclusive rights to all sample collections and testing needed to maintain continuity of this integrated program.

• Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management has an approved biohazardous waste disposal permit from the Department and is the only local provider in Palm Beach County that bundles all of the goods and services required to meet the Department’s need.

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

Samantha Washington, Chief, Bureau of General Services

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall: provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in s.120.57(3), FS.