EXP2605 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):

41181600: Immunology laboratory equipment and reagents

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

1 year

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

Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, 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 Department has a need to purchase a Cepheid GenXpert IV RT 4 module configuration system which is used for the detection of antimicrobial resistance in microorganisms and tuberculosis testing, which is required by F.S. 392.51. The needed system must be compatible with the Department’s equipment currently used for molecular testing to rapidly determine MTB complex by real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health

TITLE: Cepheid Short description of the commodity or services desired: Cepheid GeneXpert instrument that uses real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) and real-time PCR assays to automate and integrate sample purification, nucleic acid amplification, and target sequence detection.

CONTACT

Name: Summer Lindsley Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin B07, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: (850) 841-8528 Email: summer.lindsley@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2605

Date posted: 4/2/2025 at 1:30PM Last day for receipt of information: 4/23/2025 at 1:30PM mailto:summer.lindsley@flhealth.gov Lindsley, Summer S See above comment. If we are only buying equipment, how are the supplies needed for testing being procured?

German, Sonja Agree

Hough, Colby S Updated, just equipment.

Lindsley, Summer S Question remains: How will supplies be purchased? Are they available from other sources? Is it just the equipment that is only available from one source?

Prudencio, Stephen A.

We were instructed by Cepheid that we can only purchase the testing supplies and equipment through them. The supplies are purchased separately from the equipment. The equipment is a one time purchase.

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

In accordance with 60A-1.045 Florida Administrative Code, the Department of Health's BPHL requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, Cepheid GenXpert IV RT 4 module configuration system.

Intended Single Source:

Cepheid

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$57,549.16

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 is the only instrument that is compatible with the Department’s existing Cepheid MTB/RIF Assay kits. It is in the best interest of the state to purchase these instruments for quick turnaround results for the safety of the public and to maintain continuity of service.

• Cepheid is the sole manufacturer and distributor of GeneXpert Technology including systems and assays globally.

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.