PUR 7776_AB SCIEX.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

TITLE: AB SCIEX LLC

Short description of the commodity or service desired:

CONTACT

Name: Brittany Harvey, Government Analyst I

Address: 407 S. Calhoun Street, SB-8 Mayo Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399

Telephone: (850)617-7181

Email: BIDS@FDACS.GOV

Internal tracking number, if any: SS 23 24 76

Date posted: 03/14/2024 Last day for receipt of information: 04/04/2024

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):

41115400 - Spectroscopic equipment

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One LC Sciex 7500 QTrap mass spectrometer.

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

Olubode Adeniyi , Division of Food Safety;

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 Division of Food Safety, Bureau of Laboratories is seeking to purchase a Sciex 7500

LC/MS/MS mass spectrometer for the analysis of samples supporting the Division of Food

Safety regulatory Program on Fruits & Vegetables and Hemp. The Division of Food Safety is responsible for assuring the public of a safe, wholesome, and properly represented food supply through permitting and inspection of food establishments, inspection of food products, and performance of specialized laboratory analysis on a variety of food products sold or produced in the state. The division monitors food from farm gate through processing and distribution to the

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retail point of purchase. The division is charged with administration and enforcement of the food and poultry and egg laws and also provides support in the enforcement of other food safety laws.

In addition to regulatory surveillance and enforcement, the division evaluates consumer complaints related to food.

Intended Single Source:

AB SCIEX

Estimated Dollar Amount:

Approximate Amount: Up to $ Up to 500,000

Approximate Contract Amount: $ $492,586.72

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):

The following specifications are unique to the Sciex 7500 LC/MS/MS instrument and no other manufacturer can meet the specifications:

1. The system and associated data acquisition and control software must be compatible with customer’s existing methods created using Sciex software, to include acquisition parameters, processing methods, and reports. It is critical for employee training and sample workload demands that all systems share similar methods, reports, and acquisition/control software.

2. The Q3 mass analyzer in the system must use a linear ion trap mass analyzer capable of performing accumulation and trapping of ions, isolation of selected ions in the linear trap, fragmentation of ions in the linear trap, enhanced resolution scanning, and high sensitivity full scan MS, MS/MS, and MS3 experiments in the Q3 linear ion trap mass analyzer, as well as

MRM triggered trap MS/MS scans for confirmation. Only Sciex with their Q-trap mass analyzer design has this configuration and can perform these experiments. This hybrid design feature allows for several unique experiments to be performed on the instrument, including low energy trap experiments that mimic fragmentation patterns on standalone linear ion traps, MS3 experiments in the Q-3 linear ion trap for enhanced selectivity, and high-sensitivity full scan

MS/MS confirmation. The configuration in traditional quadrupole mass spectrometers systems do not offer the ability to trap and concentrate ions in a particular cell for higher sensitivity and selectivity, without which the laboratory would not have the ability to reach the low target levels required by the State and Federal customers. The QTrap mass analyzer design is unique in its capabilities and advantageous for many of the varied and challenging analysis required when responding to food emergencies.

Only Sciex can provide the LC/MS/MS that meets the compatibility specifications as provided above. To the best of our knowledge,no other company that produces instruments with specificity and uniqueness as aforementioned. .

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

Kelly Vance, Assistant Director, Food Safety

Olubode Adeniyi, Evironmental Administrator

Michael Thompson, Environmental Administrator

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Diane Pickett, Bureau Chief

Channcen Bell, Purchasing Specialist

Joey B. Hicks, Director of Administration

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.