PUR_7776.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research

Institue

TITLE: McLane Research Laboratories Signal Activated Bottom Lander Sediment Trap (SABL) and Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) maintenance, parts and upgrades

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Purchase of proprietary parts, upgrades to, and maintenance of automated oceanographic equipment (including but not limited to SABL

& IFCBs) for collecting samples relating to harmful algal bloom monitoring & tracking, and investigating life histories.

CONTACT

Name: Lorene Coxwell

Address: 1875 Orange Ave. E Tallahassee Fl. 32311

Telephone: 850-404-6109

Email: Lorene.Coxwell@MYFWC.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FWC SS 24/25-11

Date posted: 03/25/2025 Last day for receipt of information: 04/15/2025

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, and will remain posted for a period of at least 7 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

81141504: Equipment test calibration or repair

41116500: Instrument parts and accessories

41100000: Laboratory and scientific equipment

41104000: Sampling equipment

41105100: Laboratory pumps and tubing

41122000: Laboratory or sampling syringes

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Up to 3 years - upon issuance of purchase order

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

Matt Garrett

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute - St. Petersburg FL

Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration - Harmful Algal Blooms Group

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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 Imaging Flow Cytobot (IFCB) and Signal Activated Bottom Lander (SABL) have been integrated into the FWRI-HAB program and are used widely and frequently to track & monitor

HABs, as well as investigate directed studies on life histories. IFCB deployments both from shore and on routine research surveys have become a vital near real-time information pipeline to

FWRI and FWC leadership. Additionally, the SABL has been included in multiple state funded research partnerships. Both are critical to the HAB and FWRI mission. Given the sophisticated nature of the instruments, and the environments in which they are deployed, maintenance is a large and constant consideration, such as preventative maintenance and ad hoc repairs when the equipment has issues. Also, replacement parts and upgrades are routinely needed, such as ad hoc upgrades and replacement parts that are procured when the equipment has issues.

Intended Single Source:

McLane Research Laboratories

Estimated Dollar Amount:

up to $300,000.00

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):

McLane Research Laboratories has determined that these instruments (IFCB & SABL), their replacement parts, and their upgrades are novel designs (by McLane Research Laboratories) and do not exist elsewhere, as they are proprietary in design and there are no resellers or distributors.

McLane has not authorized or trained any other company to perform maintenance on, upgrade, or resell these propriety parts or equipment. The IFCB & SABL are essential to the work of the

Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) group and must be carefully purchased and maintained.

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

Matt Garrett, Associate Research Scientist (requestor)

Stephen Pollett, Fiscal Assistant, 1

Katherine Hubbard, Research Scientist, Supervisor

Caroline Gorga, Section Leader

Leanne Flewelling, Deputy Director

Matthew Carroll, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor

Rachel Korade, General Services Purchasing Manager

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 Section

120.57(3), F.S.