SS-019-24 PUR 7776RadiationDetectionDevices.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)

TITLE: Radiation Level Detection Devices

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Radiation Level Detection Devices including repairs and parts.

CONTACT

Name: Katie Downey Address: 2900 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Telephone: (850) 617-3183 Email: KatieDowney@flhsmv.gov Internal tracking number, if any: FLHSMV-SS-019-24 Date posted: May 15, 2024 Last day for receipt of information: June 6, 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 Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

41111929: Radiation Detectors

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Three (3) years

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

Lieutenant Artez Lester, FCCM, Florida Highway Patrol, Hazardous Materials Team Statewide Coordinator

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):

These platforms will be used to enhance the capabilities to detect and identify radiological materials being transported illicitly through the state, pursuant to Section 404.20 F.S. This purchase will add detection platforms whose hardware and software will be interchangeable with mailto:KatieDowney@flhsmv.gov

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the existing platforms utilized by the Florida Highway Patrol, Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE). This is critical to maintain the Department's consistency in its radiological detection approach and will provide the ability to integrate with state and federal agencies participating in the same mission.

Intended Single Source:

Radiation Solutions, Inc.

5875 Whittle Road, Mississauga, Ontario Canada, L4Z 2H4

Estimated Dollar Amount:

Year 1: Up to $1,000,000 Year 2: Up to $1,000,000 Year 3: Up to $1,000,000 Total: Up to $3,000,000

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): CVE originally purchased its radiation detection platforms from the manufacturer, Radiation Solutions, Inc. CVE performed test scenarios utilizing live radioactive sources across multiple platforms. CVE determined that no other device had all of the functionality needed to accurately detect, identify and display the characteristics of common isotopes at high speeds, which could be identified on Florida highways while concurrently relaying this information in real-time via an integrated cellular connection.

This is the only platform that will integrate with the devices used by partner State and Federal Agencies, and no other radiation level detection devices are compatible with this system. The Department’s existing radiation detection devices are interchangeable with this platform.

Radiation Solutions, Inc. is the sole provider of these radiation level detection devices and does not offer their products through any third party vendor. Each component of these platforms can be directly plugged into any of CVE’s existing mobile platforms, if one of their components fail, and doing so will not jeopardize the manufacturer’s original warranty. No other vendor can provide the integration functionality; their components lack the ability to connect to RSI platforms.

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

Stephanie Sanford, Procurement Administrator, Bureau of Purchasing and Contracts Lieutenant Artez Lester, , Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

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