EXP2655_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):

81101706: Laboratory equipment maintenance 41116104: Chemistry test kits or supplies 41115700: Chromatographic measuring instruments and accessories 41121600: Pipette tips

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Three years

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

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 of Health, BPHL has the need to purchase annual preventative maintenance and service agreements, and supplies, for their laboratory instruments (Inductively Coupled Plasma (CPI), TS Washer, Synergy HTX reader, ICP SPS Autosampler and Crosslab Silver). These instruments are used for critical serological testing for arboviral diseases including West Nile, Chikungunya, St. Louis Encephalitis, Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Zika. In

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (DOH)

TITLE: Agilent service and supplies Short description of the commodity or services desired: Service and maintenance, and supplies from Agilent Technologies.

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: EXP2655

Date posted: 1/21/2026 at 3:30PM Last day for receipt of information: 2/11/2026 at 3:30pm

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

accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the Department of Health’s BPHL and, requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, annual preventative maintenance and service agreements, and supplies from Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Intended Single Source:

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$850,000.00

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):

• These laboratory instruments are existing equipment used by all the Bureau of Public Health Laboratories.

• Agilent Technologies, Inc. is the sole manufacturer of these laboratory instruments and is the only company authorized to provide preventative maintenance and service agreements, and supplies to their proprietary laboratory instruments.

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.