SS 409- NOTICE OF PROPOSED SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.pdf

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

Notice of Intent to Certify Sole Source

#SS 409

The University of Mississippi (UM) anticipates purchasing the item(s) listed below as a sole source purchase. Anyone objecting to this purchase as a sole source shall follow the procedures outlined below.

Commodity or commodities to be purchased (manufacturer, model, description):

Styl’ One Nano Compaction Simulator, KORSCH America, Inc

The need to be fulfilled by this item(s) and why it is the only one that can meet the specific needs of the department:

The Styl’ One Nano Compaction Simulator is the only equipment available on the market that can simulate full scale manufacture of pharmaceutical tablets in the laboratory. This unit will give our students valuable experience in the development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products. It will expand the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery’s ability to secure government and industry grants and contracts. This laboratory scale equipment is compatible with equipment currently used to make pharmaceutical tablets currently in the Department including powder blending equipment, wet and dry granulation equipment, single and rotary tablet presses, and tablet coating equipment. In addition, the equipment will be a valuable addition to the department’s Hands-on Course in Tablet Technology, an annual postgraduate course taught by the faculty attended by pharmaceutical scientists from around the world and will be featured in lecture and laboratory portions of that course.

Name of company/individual selling the item and why that source is the only possible source that can provide the required item(s):

KORSCH America, Inc. Garrett Mann, Regional Sales Manager. No other company sells laboratory scale equipment that can be used to simulate commercial production of pharmaceutical tablets.

Why the amount to be expended for the commodity is reasonable:

The amount is reasonable because the department negotiated a 23% discount off the Project Total.

Pilot scale tablet compression equipment cost 2 to 3 times the cost of this compaction simulator and are too large for installation in existing laboratory space. KORSCH, America Inc. is a corporate partner for the Hands-on Course in Tablet Technology and will provide training on the unit. It is expected that the equipment will be used in numerous graduate research projects and will be featured in the Hands-on Course in Tablet Technology. The addition of this equipment is expected to increase interest in the course thereby increasing enrollment and income. The availability of this equipment will expand the Department’s ability to secure government and industry grants and contracts.

Efforts that the agency went through to obtain the best possible price for the commodity:

Following several discussions between the department and KORSCH, they negotiated a 23% discount off the project total. KORSCH was willing to discount the price due to their interest in training graduate students and attendees of the Hands-on Course in Tablet Technology.

Submission Instructions and Format of Response from Objecting Parties:

Interested parties who have reason to believe that the item(s) above should not be certified as a sole source should provide information in the following format for UM to use in determining whether or not to proceed with awarding the Sole Source purchase.

1.1 Interested Party Information

1.1.1 Contact Name, Phone Number, Address and email address

1.1.2 Company Website URL, if applicable

1.2 Objection to Sole Source Certification

1.2.1 Interested parties must present specific objections to the Sole

Source certification using the criteria listed above.

1.2.2 A statement regarding the Interested Party's capabilities as related to this Sole Source Certification Request.

1.3 Comments will be accepted any time prior to Tuesday, February 11, 2 0 2 5 at 10:00 am (Central Time) to Frank Kemp or Jeff Wells at solesource@olemiss.edu (with Cc: to jeffw@olemiss.edu ) at The University of Mississippi Procurement Services Department, 164 Jeanette Phillips Drive, PO Box 1848, University, Mississippi 38677. Responses may be delivered by hand, via regular mail, overnight delivery, or e-mail.

The e n v e l o p e or emai l should r e f e r e n c e t h e sole source n u m-be r .U M WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELAYS IN THE DELIVERY OF RESPONSES. It is solely the responsibility of the Interested Parties that responses reach UM on time. Interested Parties may contact Frank Kemp or Jeff Wells to verify the receipt of their Responses.

Responses received after the deadline will be rejected.

If after a review of the submitted notice and documents, UM determines that the commodity in the proposed sole source request can be provided by another person or entity, then UM will withdraw the sole source certification and submit the procurement of the commodity to an advertised competitive bid or selection process.

If UM determines after review that there is only one (1) source for the required commodity, then UM will appeal to the Public Procurement Review Board for approval to purchase.

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