EXP2668 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):

12161500 Indicators and Reagents 41102900 Histology equipment 41116144 Virology test kits or supplies 41116146 Toxicology test kits or supplies 41116156 Virology reagents or solutions or stains 41104100 Specimen collection and transport containers and supplies 41104118 Specimen collection container 41116133 Molecular biology test kits or supplies 41116134 Molecular biology reagents or solutions or stains 81101706 Analyzer, Laboratory, Maintenance Service

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

2 Years

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

Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (BPHL)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health (Department)

TITLE: Hologic, Inc.

Short description of the commodity or services desired: Hologic Panther service contracts and reagents

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: EXP2668

Date posted: 4/2/2026 at 9:45AM Last day for receipt of information: 4/23/2026 at 9:45AM

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

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 annual maintenance service agreements, testing supplies, and reagents for the Department’s Hologic Panther instruments and Aptima GC/CT, HIV NAAT and HCV NAAT kits at each of the Department’s laboratories. This equipment and test kits are used for STI testing and will enable the Bureau to perform high throughput testing in a surge situations and testing samples everyday.

In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, the Department’s Bureau of Public Health Laboratories requests authorization to purchase as a single source, annual maintenance service agreements, reagents, and testing supplies from Hologic, Inc.

Intended Single Source:

Hologic, Inc.

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$2,897,905.00

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):

• Hologic, Inc. is the sole manufacturer and distributor for maintenance services, reagents, and testing supplies for the Hologic Panther instruments, which are currently owned and utilized by the BPHLs. It is in the best interest of the state to maintain continuity of this equipment.

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.