EXP2541 PUR7776 Mettler 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):

41121500: Pipettes and liquid handling equipment and supplies

81101706: Laboratory equipment maintenance

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3-year term

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate): 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’s , Bureau of Public Health Libraries (BPHL) has a need to purchase special pipettes, pipette tips and their associated supplies. These specific pipette tips are unique to the Mettler-Toledo Rainin pipettes and their injection system. The unique tips for the pipettes are used to ensure minimal dead volume in the tip during testing, therefore ensuring reagents are successfully sampled in the exact volume ensuring a successful assay result. .

In accordance to Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (BPHL), requests authorization to purchase pipette tips and associated supplies as a single source from Mettler-Toledo Rainin.

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (Department)

TITLE: Mettler-Toledo Rainin Short description of the commodity or services desired: Tips and tip injection system for pipettes and associated supplies are for laboratory testing.

CONTACT

Name: Bill Zimmerman Address: 4052 Bald Cypress, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: (850) 617-5894 Email: bill.zimmerman@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2541

Date posted: 1/18/2024 Last day for receipt of information: 2/8/2024

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

Intended Single Source:

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$510,000.00

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):

Mettler-Toledo Rainin is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor for the specific testing items being purchased.

The testing items being purchased are compatible with the existing LiteTouch System (LTS) system currently in use at the BPHL .

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.