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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Department of Financial Services

TITLE: Thermo Fisher Scientific Equipment Maintenance and Support Services with Thermo Electron North America LLC

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Maintenance and repair services for Analytical Laboratory Instrumentation, by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

CONTACT

Name: Sarah Buranosky Address: 200 East Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-413-2070 Email: DFSPurchasing@myfloridacfo.com

Internal tracking number, if any: 2526-12 SS CI

Date posted: 6/11/26 Last day for receipt of information: 7/2/26

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):

81101706 Laboratory Equipment Maintenance

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

12 months

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

Division of Criminal Investigations (Division)

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 contractor shall provide a 12-month service plan for Thermo Fisher Scientific laboratory equipment, used by the Division to support investigations by conducting analysis in accordance with sections 633.104(1) and 633.112, Florida Statutes, and Rule 69D-5.001, Florida Administrative Code. The service plan shall include one (1) scheduled annual Preventative Maintenance visit, and an unlimited number of corrective maintenance site visits within 72 hours

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(3 business days) of the Department’s issuance of a technical support inquiry. In addition, the contractor is to provide only performance-verified replacement parts, software, technical support, upgrades, and on-site maintenance from certified, trained service engineers. The Department’s technical support inquiries shall be executed as priority status, to include a targeted immediate response time.

Intended Single Source:

Thermo Electron North America LLC

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$79,356.00

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):

This intended single source purchase is for maintenance and repair services to be provided by Thermo Electron North America LLC, who is the only authorized vendor to provide OEM certified repair and maintenance services on equipment manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Maintaining analytical laboratory instrumentation and equipment in operational condition, and is critical to the mission of the Division. Experience has demonstrated that OEM service contracts are necessary to ensure that critical laboratory equipment is promptly and adequately maintained to carry out the laboratory's mission.

Thermo Electron North America LLC, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, has proprietary rights to the design and software utilized by the Thermo Fisher Scientific systems and instruments, is currently utilized by the Division, and is the exclusive service provider for all Thermo Fisher Scientific systems, parts, training, technical support, field service support, and software. The Thermo Fisher Scientific systems and attached peripherals, utilized by the Division in its testing, use a technologically advanced method to analyze chemicals and to identify unknown samples.

Thermo Electron North America LLC has exclusive access to performance-verified component parts, spare parts, software, technical support, upgrades, and engineering resources to maintain the original operating specifications for Thermo Fisher Scientific instruments. Thermo Fisher Scientific field service engineers, who provide support through the service plan from Thermo Electron North America LLC, are the only certified and factory trained engineers available to service the instruments and are part of an organization that is International Organization for Standardization certified.

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

Amanda Johnson, Division of Criminal Investigations Luis Negrete, Division of Criminal Investigations Sarah Buranosky, Office of Purchasing and Contractual Services Amy Jones, Purchasing Director, Office of Purchasing and Contractual Services Luke Johnson, Deputy CFO Law Enforcement

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Scott, Fennell, Deputy CFO Operations

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.