PUR 7776 SeaTox.pdf
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- SS-15037
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- Leon County, Florida
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This is a Description of Intended Single Source Purchase (PUR 7776) filed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for the procurement of SeaTox Brevetoxin ELISA kits. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, represented by Jay Abbott as the requestor, is seeking competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing kits for the measurement of brevetoxin in seafood and environmental samples over a three-year term. The kits must be approved by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference for use in regulatory shellfish testing for biotoxins. The procurement was posted on February 3, 2026, with a deadline for prospective vendors to submit information regarding their ability to supply the commodities by February 24, 2026. No bidder's conference or site visit is indicated in the document.
The estimated dollar amount for this single-source procurement is up to $500,000. The agency justifies the single-source acquisition on the basis that SeaTox Research Inc. is the sole distributor of the only brevetoxin ELISA kit approved by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference for testing shellfish for Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning within a regulatory framework, which is required to fulfill the agency's mandate to provide technical support to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The purchase is categorized under UNSPSC codes for chemical evaluation instruments and supplies, laboratory and measuring equipment, and sampling equipment. Multiple agency officials, including operations management, research administration, purchasing, and executive leadership, have approved the procurement justification.
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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 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
TITLE: SeaTox Brevetoxin ELISA kits
Short description of the commodity or service desired: Enzyme-linked Immunsorbant Assay
(ELISA) testing kits for the measurement of brevetoxin in seafood.
CONTACT
Name: Xavier Wilson
Address: 1875 E Orange Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32311
Telephone: 850-404-6109
Email: xavier.wilson@myfwc.com
Internal tracking number, if any: FWC SS 25/26-12
Date posted: February 3, 2026 Last day for receipt of information: February 24, 2026
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):
41113000 - Chemical evaluation instruments & supplies
41000000 - Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment
41104000 - Sampling Equipment
Quantity or Term (as appropriate):
3 years
Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Jay Abbott, Research Associate
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):
Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits to analyze brevetoxins in seafood and environmental samples. Must be approved by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation
Conference for use in regualtory shellfish testing for biotoxins.
Intended Single Source:
SeaTox Research Inc
PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 2 of 2
Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.
Estimated Dollar Amount:
Up to $500,000
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 brevetoxin ELISA kit is the only test kit approved by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation
Conference for testing shellfish for Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (NSP) within a regulatory framework and is required to fulfill our mandate to provide technical support to the Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. SeaTox is the sole distributor of the ELISA kits.
Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):
Jay Abbott, Research Associate
Stephen Pollett, Operations & Management Consultant I
Katherine Hubbard, Research Administrator II, Supervisor
Caroline Gorga, Section Leader
Leanne Flewelling, Deputy Director
Matthew Carroll, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor
Rachel Korade, General Services Purchasing Manager
Philip T Stone, Chief Operating Officer
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.
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