FDLE-SS-2626.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

TITLE: QIAGEN Equipment Maintenance Short description of the commodity or service desired: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is purchasing maintenance coverage for all QIAGEN instruments currently utilized in six (6) FDLE Crime Labs.

CONTACT

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

Internal tracking number, if any: FDLE-SS-2626

Date posted: 1/14/26 Last day for receipt of information: 2/5/26

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):

81101706 Laboratory Equipment Maintenance

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 years

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

FDLE/Investigations and Forensic Sciences

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):

FDLE’s mission is to promote public safety and strengthen domestic security by providing services in partnership with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies to prevent, investigate, and solve crimes while protecting Florida’s citizens by enforcing and supporting prevention of drug activity, responding to emergency situations, and preventing any act of criminal violence in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 943, FS, and Chapter 11, FAC.

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

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case work. To accomplish this, FDLE’s laboratory personnel use the QIASymphony to analyze and sample DNA of crime-related specimens. This equipment utilizes specific QIAGEN implements and software and must purchased and maintained from QIAGEN to ensure supplies and implements which are compatible with agency validated equipment and procedures.

FDLE's forensic laboratories at the Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, Pensacola, Fort Myers and Tampa Bay Regional Operations Centers perform DNA sampling as part of their normal daily activities. In November 2011, Invitation to Bid 1257 established FDLE's platform for QIAGEN’s EZ1 Advanced XL accessories and maintenance. In 2015, with Single Source 1533, FDLE purchased five (5) QIAGEN QIAgility HEPA/UV laboratory instruments to complement the equipment already utilized by the six (6) crime labs. In 2018, with Single Source 1823, FDLE purchased four (4) QIAGEN QIAgility HEPA/UV laboratory instruments to complement the equipment already utilized by the crime labs. In 2022, with Single Source 2309, FDLE purchased one (1) QIAgility HEPA/UV device and one (1) QIAsymphony device for the crime labs. In 2024, with Single Source 2439, FDLE purchased 15 QIAcube Connect instruments for the crime labs.

Intended Single Source:

QIAGEN, LLC

19300 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$1,400,000.00

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):

FDLE currently owns 67 QIAGEN instruments in operation located at it's crime laboratories across the state. These QIAGEN instruments are essential to the mission of these laboratories and require QIAGEN supplies, implements and maintenance coverage, which can only be purchased through QIAGEN, LLC.

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.