PUR 7776 Teledyne BLZZRD.pdf

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 Department of Environmental Protection

TITLE: Teledyne Isco BLZZRD Composite Sampler Equipment and Accessories Short description of the commodity or service desired: Teledyne Isco BLZZRD Composite Sampler Equipment and Accessories

CONTACT

Name: Kimberly Bowling Address: 3800 Commonwealth Blvd, Carr Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-245-2361 Email: Kimberly.Bowling@FloridaDEP.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: 2025SS006 (SS-11141)

Date posted: 12/9/2024 Last day for receipt of information: 12/31/2024

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):

42151604 Composite Placement Tools

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One (1) time purchase

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

DEP/Water Resource Management/Water Compliance and Enforcement Program

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 Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) mission is to protect, conserve and manage the state’s natural resources and enforce its environmental laws pursuant to Chapter 403, FS, and Chapter 62, FAC. DEP's, Division of Water Resource Management (DWRM) is responsible for implementing state laws providing for the protection of the quality of Florida's drinking water, ground water, lake, estuaries and wetlands, and the reclamation of minded lands. DWRM's Water Compliance Enforcement Program (WCEP) facilitates statewide coordination of compliance and enforcement activities relating to the development of policy, guidance and training materials to ensure consistency among the six (6) district offices for the state's Industrial

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 2 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

Wastewater, Domestic Wastewater and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater programs.

As stated in an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight evaluation of a district office, which are conducted to ensure DEP is properly implementing the NPDES program, “a refrigerated automatic sampler is needed to maintain adequate temperature while collecting composite samples more efficiently during the heat of the Florida sun.” As such, purchasing the requested refrigerated composite samplers is essential to DEP’s mission to properly implement the federal requirements of the NPDES program, proper sampling equipment.

Intended Single Source:

Accutech Instrumentation, Inc. d/b/a Instrument Specialties, Inc.

3915 Shopton Rd Ste 101 Charlotte, NA 28217

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$38,000

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 Teledyne Isco BLZZRD Composite Sampler product and accessories will enable the DEP to meet its needs by providing inspectors with composite samplers that have the necessary portability, refrigeration, and volume specifications to collect adequate, representative samples during wastewater inspections. Having the ability to take onsite composite samples allows the Department to verify wastewater facilities are meeting permitted effluent limits during inspections, which ensures adverse environmental impacts are being properly addressed and mitigated.

Accutech Instrumentation, Inc. d/b/a Instrument Specialties, Inc., is the only provider of the Teledyne Isco BLZZRD Composite Sampler equipment and accessories and is crucial to DEP’s requirement to conserve and manage the state’s natural resources and enforce its environmental laws for the State of Florida.

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

John Coates, Director of Water Resource Management Keisha Akhavein, Support Services Director Avery Lehmann, Operations Manager Kimberly Bowling, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor

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.