EXP2458_PUR7776 bioMerieux .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: Department of Health

TITLE: bioMerieux - BioFire Short description of the commodity or service desired: The Department of Health's, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories has the need to purchase the BioFire reagents and service agreements for the identification of pathogens using nucleic acid sequences.

CONTACT

Name: Diana K. Trahan Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Telephone: (850) 245-4198 Email: Diana.Trahan@flhealth.gov Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2458

Date posted: 4/6/2022 Last day for receipt of information: 4/26/2022

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):

41113000 Chemical evaluation instruments and supplies 41113600 Electrical measuring and testing equipment and accessories 41116000 Clinical and diagnostic analyzer reagents 81101706 Analyzer, Laboratory, Maintenance Service

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 Years

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

Division of Disease Control & Health Protect, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories

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 Department of Health's, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (BPHL) has the need to purchase reagents and service agreements for the identification of pathogens using nucleic acid sequences. These reagents will support the outbreak detection activities for viral diseases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

BPHL requires an integrated sample preparation, amplification, detection, and analysis into one easy-to-use system capable of massively multiplexed PCR. Each platform must be a fully automated, multiplex PCR system capable of detecting multiple targets in one sample in about one hour. The reagents and equipment are used in testing required by the CDC. BPHL currently utilizes BioFire equipment to be able to participate in this nationwide testing.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the Florida Department of Health, BPHL, requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, bioMerieux BioFire reagents and service.

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

Intended Single Source:

bioMerieux BioFire

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$368,438.00

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):

• bioMerieux is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of these reagents and equipment.

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.