EXP2562 PUR7778.docx

NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION

TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

(PUR 7778)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (DOH) TITLE: Hologic, Inc.

Short description of the commodity or services desired: To purchase testing supplies and collection devices needed for the testing instruments for clinical testing for SARS- COVID-19.

CONTACT

Name: Voncelia Meeks Address: Central Purchasing Office, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-617-5854 Email: Voncelia.Meeks@FLhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP#2562 Date posted: April 18, 2024, at 4:30 PM Last day for receipt of information: April 23, 2024, at 4:30PM

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

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

DOH Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (BPHL) 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 DOH BPHL has a need to purchase reagents, collection kits, and other testing supplies, for instruments currently owned by DOH. These supplies will be used for clinical testing for SARS-COVID-19. In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the Department of Health requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, reagents and other testing supplies from Hologic, Inc.

Intended Single Source:

Hologic, Inc.

Price:

$4,000,000.00 Justification for Single Source Purchase (what is necessary and unique about the product, services or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

· The requested reagents, collection kits and other testing supplies are proprietary and Hologic, Inc. is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor.

· It is in the best interest of the Department to maintain continuity of services by using these specialized reagents and collection devices that are compatible with the testing instruments currently owned by Department.

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

Allegra Small, Purchasing Director

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to file a bond or other security within the time allowed for filing a bond, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes. Protests may be filed with the agency by:

Mail:

Agency Clerk Florida Department of Health 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-02 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1703 Telephone No. (850) 245-4005

Physical Address for hand deliveries:

Agency Clerk Florida Department of Health 2585 Merchants Row Blvd.

Tallahassee, FL 32399

Email: This office DOES NOT accept electronically filed documents.

Fax: 850-413-8743

PUR 7778 (Revised 07/2022) Page 1 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.