FINAL EXP2442-PUR7778 .pdf

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NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION

TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

(PUR 7778)

This Notice of Intended Decision to Enter into a Single Source Contract is posted in accordance with section 287.057(3), Florida Statutes.

AGENCY: Florida Department of Health

TITLE: Neutron Detectors Short description of the commodity or service desired: RSI Model RSN-4-Short (He-3) Neutron Detectors

CONTACT:

Name: Katrina Ferguson Address: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: (850) 617-5854 Email: Katrina.Ferguson@flhealth.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: EXP2442 DMS Single Source number, if applicable:

Date Posted: 04/18/22 @ 1:00 pm Date End Posting: 04/20/22 @ 1:00 pm

Commodity or Contractual Service (commodity or United Nation Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

41111929: Radiation Detectors

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

Bureau of Radiation Control

Performance and/or Design Requirements (intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, as appropriate):

Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) has requested to purchase two neutron radiation detectors. The neutron radiation detectors must be compatible with mobile radiation detection systems (www.radiationsolutions.ca/mobile/) manufactured by Radiation Solutions Inc (RSI) and the RSI mobile systems currently owned by the BRC (3 RSI mobile systems): our state law enforcement partners (Florida Highway Patrol, with 9 RSI mobile systems), and our Federal partners Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with 10+ RSI mobile http://www.radiationsolutions.ca/mobile/

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radiation detection systems). In accordance with Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative code, Bureau of Radiation Control, request authorization to purchase, as a single source, neutron radiation detectors from Radiation Solutions, Inc (RSI).

Intended Single Source: Radiation Solutions, Inc (RSI)

Price: $126,400.00

Justification for Single Source Purchase (what is necessary and unique about the commodity, contractual service, or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

• The RSI Model RSN-4-Short (He-3) Neutron Detectors are the only neutron detectors that are compatible with the RSI mobile radiation systems owned by the Bureau of Radiation Control.

• RSI is the only manufacturer of neutron detectors for the RSI system.

• These detectors integrate with our existing RSI systems.

• BRC, FHP, DOE and DHS work together and share components to maximize capabilities during radiological/nuclear search missions. All detectors must be compatible to share within the agencies.

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

Samantha Washington, Chief, Bureau of General Services

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to file a bond or other security within the time allowed for filing a bond, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.