EXP2624 PUR7776.pdf

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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):

81111805 Proprietary or licensed systems maintenance or support

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 years

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

DOH, Bureau of Clinic Management and Informatics, Office of Information Technology

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, Office of Information Technology, Bureau of Clinic Management and Informatics has a need to purchase a dataset license maintenance to be able to exchange files within the Department’s certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and Change Healthcare’s prescribing system and pharmacy dispensing system to enable providers in the County Health Departments (CHD) to deliver essential services. The Department’s EHR system is fully integrated

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (DOH)

TITLE: E-Prescribe Datasets License Maintenance Short description of the commodity or services desired: MedKnowledge datasets maintenance required for data exchange within the Department’s Electronic Health Record system and Change Healthcare prescribing system.

CONTACT

Name: Yasemin Sulker Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-245-4931 Email: Yasemin.Sulker@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2624

Date posted: 4/18/2025 at 1:30 PM Last day for receipt of information: 5/9/2025 at 1:30 PM mailto:Yasemin.Sulker@flhealth.gov

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

within the Department and critical to ensuring the protection, promotion, and improvement of the health for all people in Florida.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the DOH, Office of Information Technology, Bureau of Clinic Management and Informatics, requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, a dataset license maintenance from First Databank, Inc.

Intended Single Source:

First Databank, Inc.

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$120,000.00

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):

• First Databank (FDB) provides the DOH with access to their propriety FDB MedKnowledge database for use within the department’s Electronic Health Record system which operates in conjunction with the Change Healthcare prescribing system and QS/1 pharmacy dispensing system. The data exchange requires use of the proprietary FDB MedKnowledge database.

• The dataset provided by FDB is compatible with Change Healthcare's software integrated within the DOH’s Electronic Health Record system, and without this dataset, files cannot be exchanged between DOH and Change Healthcare.

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.