FDLE-SS-2534.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)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

TITLE: AB SCIEX Tripple Quad 5500+ QTRAP Ready Systems Short description of the commodity or service desired: Enhanced high performance triple quadrouple LC-MS/MS mass spectrometer.

CONTACT

Name: Greer Hannigan Address: 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308 Telephone: 850-410-7300 Email: CentralPurchasing@fdle.state.fl.us

Internal tracking number, if any: FDLE-SS-2534

Date posted: 4/1/25 Last day for receipt of information: 4/22/25

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 (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

41101900: Laboratory ionic equipment

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Four (4) units

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

FDLE/Investigations and Forensic Science/Laboratory

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):

Pursuant to s. 943.325 Florida Statutes, the FDLE Regional Operations Centers throughout the state operate crime laboratories with the specific mission of investigating high profile criminal case work. To accomplish this, FDLE must utilize specific equipment and implements in the analysis of crime-related specimens.

FDLE currently owns AB SCIEX Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) 3200QTRAP instrumentation procured on FDLE-SS-1205 located at the Orlando Regional Operations Center (OROC) and the Tallahassee Regional Operations Center (TROC) Crime

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Laboratories. FDLE Crime Laboratories utilize this SCIEX equipment to process and analyze forensic evidence in order to provide toxological detection and identification of drugs.

In replacing the SCIEX 3200QTRAP models, a few requirements are necessitated. The new instruments need to interface and be compatible with the FDLE's Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) system. This computer system is utilized throughout all FDLE forensic disciplines. It allows casework to be prioritized, assigned, sequences arranged, and data to be imported back into the system for reporting purposes. The LC/MS/MS specifications, computer software, and data file format for the new instrument must be compatible with FDLE's existing equipment in order to maintain consistency, exchangeability, and integration.

Intended Single Source:

AB SCIEX LLC

1201 Radio Rd Redwood City, CA 94065

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$2,000,000.00

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

All forensic technologists and crime laboratory analysts assigned to the FDLE Toxicology Section are currently proficient on SCIEX instruments and both SCIEX OS and MultiQuant instrument software systems. Lengthy training on new instrumentation will not be necessary as the new SCIEX 5500+ instruments have a similar design and software as the previous models owned by FDLE.

SCIEX is the only vendor who manufactures and sells an LC/MS/MS that contains both a linear ion trap and triple quadrupole housed within the same instrument while maintaining a high level of sensitivity. The FDLE Toxicology section is tasked with analyzing for as many drugs as possible in a single injection while providing sensitivity consistent with national guidelines.

SCIEX is the sole vendor for this instrument.

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

Julia Lycett, Chief of General Services Jason Bundy, Director of Forensic Services

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.