EXP2566_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 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):

85121803 Biological Laboratory Services

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One Year

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

FDOH, Bureau of Environmental Public Health

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 Bureau of Environmental Public Health has a need to purchase additional sample analysis from the biological and environmental samples collected during the Cyanotoxins in Air Study. The expanded analytes will test the samples for Cylindrospermopsin, BMAA, Anatoxin-a, and Saxitoxin.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the Bureau of Environmental Public Health, requests authorization to purchase, as a single source additional laboratory analysis from ABT Associates.

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (FDOH)

TITLE: Laboratory Analysis Short description: Biological and environmental samples collected during the Cyanotoxins in Air Study will be analyzed for Cylindrospermopsin, BMAA, Anatoxin-a, and Saxitoxin

CONTACT

Name: Chris Lowery Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Telephone: 850-245-4530 Email: Christina.Lowery@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2566

Date posted: 4/30/2024 at 1:30 pm Last day for receipt of information: 5/21/2024 at 1:30 pm

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

Intended Single Source:

ABT Associates

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$130,689.69

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):

• ABT Associates performed the initial Cyanotoxins in Air Study under the direction of the Centers for Disease Control and they are currently in possession of the human and environmental samples that require the expended testing.

• To maintain the integrity of the testing protocols and the results of previous testing, it is in the best interest of the FDOH to continue working with ABT to perform the additional testing.

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.