PUR7778.pdf

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FDOT NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION

TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

(PUR 7778)

375-040-54

PROCUREMENT

01/16

PUR 7778 (rev. 10/14) Page 1 of 2 60A-1.010, F.A.C.

This notice of intended decision to enter into a single source contract is posted in accordance with section

287.057(3)(c), Florida Statutes.

AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

TITLE: Auto Titration System

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Chloride Auto-titration system for testing chloride content in concrete and cementitious materials.

CONTACT

Name: Destyne Grayson

Address: 605 Suwannee St. MS20 Tallahassee, FL. 32399-0450

Telephone: (850) 414.4253

Email: CO.Purch@dot.state.fl.us

Internal tracking number, if any: DOT-SS-26-9042-DG

Date posted: Time Posted:

Commodity or Service Required (commodity class and group, manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

41110000 - Measuring and Observing and Testing Instruments

41114600 - Metals and Metallurgy and Structural Materials Testing Instruments

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate): Melanie Sowers, State Materials Office

Performance and/or Design Requirements (intended use, function or application, compatibility etc.

requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

The Chloride Auto-titration system is a set of instruments used for testing chloride content in concrete and cementitious materials. The current system being used by FDOT cannot perform certain functions to support updates to the test method to comply with the Florida Method of Test, FM 5-516. Additionally, the current system is reaching the end of its service life. The new system has the functional-ity to perform all the tasks needed to carry out Florida Method of Test, FM 5-516 for determining low-levels of chloride in concrete and raw materials. The system has the capability to accommodate a sufficient number of 180 milliliter beakers to maximize efficiency and performance. In addition, the system has the built-in controls that allow the titrator to independently determine the proper solution strength to use for titration. This built-in logic allows for the system to run fully automatic so that testing can be performed after the laboratory employee has left for the day or allows them to perform other tasks during their normal work schedule. This will significantly increase the number of tests that can be per-formed and improve the accuracy and repeatability of the testing by removing the human variability associated with a manual testing method.

Intended source (vendor, contractor): Mettler-Toledo, LLC.

Price: $152,427.41

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): Mettler-Toledo is the only known vendor known that possess equipment with the functionality to perform all the tasks needed to carry out

Florida Method of Test, FM 5-516.

Docusign Envelope ID: E84D95C0-345E-42FD-A0A5-DBB9E73D7CAE

11.10.2025 5:00 PM EST

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FDOT NOTICE OF INTENDED DECISION

TO ENTER INTO A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

(PUR 7778)

375-040-54

PROCUREMENT

01/16

PUR 7778 (rev. 10/14) Page 2 of 2 60A-1.010, F.A.C.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate to Post on Vendor Bid System (VBS), e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing, DMS approver)

Authorized Signature, Title

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to file a bond or other security within the time allowed for filing a bond, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

Docusign Envelope ID: E84D95C0-345E-42FD-A0A5-DBB9E73D7CAE

State Purchasing Administrator