EXP2525 PUR7776 Final.pdf

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 1 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

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):

80141511: Market research paper surveys 80141512: Market research on location surveys 80141513: Market research one on one interviews

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

1 year

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

Community Health Promotion, Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida (TFF)

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, Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida has a need to purchase statewide referral services for unemployed Florida citizens seeking employment, to comply with

381.84 Florida Statutes. Referrals to the TFF Cessation services will aid job applicants in quitting smoking. Referral services must include toll-free cessation services, that offer counseling, referrals to other local in-person cessation partners, and supportive services including the distribution of limited Nicotine Replacement Therapy to targeted population.

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health

TITLE: CareerSource Florida Short description of the commodity or services desired: Referral services to connect unemployed smokers to tobacco cessation services offered by Tobacco Free Florida.

CONTACT

Name: Summer Lindsley Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: (850) 841-8528 Email: summer.lindsley@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2525

Date posted: 8/29/2023 at 9:00AM Last day for receipt of information: 9/20/2023 at 9:00AM

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 2 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida requests authorization to purchase as a single source, statewide referral services from CareerSource Florida.

Intended Single Source:

CareerSource Florida

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$280,000.00

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):

• CareerSource Florida is the only entity authorized by the Florida Department of Employment Opportunity to provide Florida’s unemployment and reemployment benefits.

• CareerSource Florida is the sole entity able to provide a statewide Tobacco Referral program that targets Tobacco cessation to unemployed Florida jobseekers.

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.