EXP2667_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):

41116107: Chemistry quality controls or calibrators or standards

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

1 year

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

Florida Department of Health (FDOH), 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 FDOH, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories has a need to purchase quality control standards, calibration standards, and proficiency test samples to perform the required proficiency testing (pesticides, metals, solvents, and microorganisms), needed to maintain the cannabis laboratory’s current scope of accreditation required by the Office of Medical Use (OMMU). These requirements are established by ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and OMMU’s Rule 64- 4.309.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045 Florida Administrative Code, The Department requests authorization to purchase, as a single source, quality control standards, calibration standards, and proficiency test samples from Spex Certiprep, LLC.

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health

TITLE: Spex Certiprep Short description of the commodity or services desired: Spex Certiprep consumables

CONTACT

Name: Israel Campbell Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-245-4198 Email: Israel.campbell@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2667

Date posted: Click or tap to enter a date. Last day for receipt of information: Click or tap to enter a date.

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

Intended Single Source:

Spex Certiprep LLC.

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$68,545.55

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):

• Spex Certiprep LLC. is the manufacturer and the sole provider of Spex Certiprep chemicals and microorganisms. It is in the best interest of the Department to maintain continuity of services by using these components and consumables to meet requirements of the lab’s accreditation and the OMMU’s requirement, which must perform a minimum of 2 PTs per matrix per year as outlined in 64-4.309.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Sonja German-Jones, 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.