EXP2626 PUR7776 BioMerieux 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):

41113000 Chemical evaluation instruments and supplies 41113600 Electrical measuring and testing equipment and accessories 41116000 Clinical and diagnostic analyzer reagents 81101706 Analyzer, Laboratory, Maintenance Service

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 year

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 Laboratories has the need to purchase the BioFire reagents and service agreements for the identification of pathogens using nucleic acid sequences.

These reagents will support the outbreak detection activities for viral diseases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The BioFire FilmArray Torch System and the BioFire FilmArray 2.0 System are the latest in user-friendly automated multiplex PCR. The

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (Department)

TITLE: bioMerieux - BioFire Short description of the commodity or services desired: Reagents and service agreements for the identification of pathogens using nucleic acid sequencing.

CONTACT

Name: Bill Zimmerman Address: 4052 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32399 Telephone: 850-617-5894 Email: Bill.Zimmerman@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2626

Date posted: 3/18/2025 Last day for receipt of information: 4/8/2025 mailto:Bill.Zimmerman@flhealth.gov

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

BioFire System’s integrated sample preparation, amplification, detection, and analysis into one easy-to-use system capable of massively multiplexed PCR. Each platform is a fully automated, multiplex PCR system capable of detecting multiple targets in one sample in about one hour. The reagents and equipment are used in testing required by the CDC.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the Florida Department of Health, BPHL, requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, bioMerieux BioFire reagents and service.

Intended Single Source:

bioMerieux

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$345,000.00

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):

bioMerieux is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of these reagents and equipment.

BPHL currently utilizes BioFire equipment to be able to participate in this nationwide testing. For this reason, it is in the best interest of the Department to maintain continuity of services with the equipment currently in use.

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.