EXP2511 PUR7776 Georgetown Final.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

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 (F.S.), 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 (NSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

85111501 AIDS Prevention or Control Services 85131700 Medical Science and Research 86121700 University and Colleges

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 Years

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate) FDOH, Bureau of Communicable Disease

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 FDOH’s Bureau of Communicable Disease, HIV/AIDS Section has a need to purchase services for the BlackBox Enhancement Project. The BlackBox System can compile surveillance data submitted from multiple jurisdictions and present potential matched and other key data on Persons with HIV (PWH) without compromising the highly private and sensitive nature of the data. This process is in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Data Security and Confidentiality Guidelines for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Disease, and Tuberculosis Programs: Standards to Facilitate Sharing and Use of Surveillance Data for Public Health Action and the Department Information Security and Privacy Policy DOHP 50-10-10. By participating in this project, the HIV/AIDS Section is better equipped to determine the PWH in the Department’s surveillance systems that may have moved

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (FDOH), Bureau of Communicable Disease

TITLE: Georgetown University Blackbox Project Short description of the commodity or services desired: Georgetown University Blackbox Project

CONTACT

Name: Bill Zimmerman Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-617-5894 Email: bill.zimmerman@flhealth.gov Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2511 Date posted: 5/12/2023 Last day for receipt of information: 6/5/2023

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to another jurisdiction or are receiving care in another jurisdiction, but also to better enable staff to more readily identify and follow-up with PWH who may have fallen out of medical care by providing more timely, accurate and complete PWH related data.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the FDOH’s Bureau of Communicable Disease, HIV/AIDS Section, requests authorization to purchase as a single source, the BlackBox services.

Intended Single Source:

Georgetown University

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$315,000.00

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

• This project utilizes the BlackBox System, developed, configured, and maintained by Georgetown University, to provide cross-jurisdictional data sharing of HIV cases by participating jurisdictions within the projects security and confidentiality guidelines set forth in compliance with the CDC Data Security Guidelines.

• Georgetown University owns and operates the BlackBox System and is the only CDC-funded entity to provide this service. Georgetown University is the only site that has developed this tool so that other states can share in this endeavor, and this process only works if all states share the data.

• This system has been used successfully to find matched case pairs across public health jurisdictions in recent years and Georgetown is currently the only funded by CDC to deduplicate cases in the National HIV Surveillance System.

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

Allegra Small, Purchasing Director

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 Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.