SS 420- NOTICE OF PROPOSED SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.pdf

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

Notice of Intent to Certify Sole Source

#SS 420

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):

RheaLyo Mono Single Vial Unit from RheaVita, Ghent, Belgium

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 RheaLyo Mono single vial unit is the only equipment available on the market that can spin freeze the vials by employing high speed rotation of freeze-drying the pharmaceutical formulations in the laboratory. The unit will give our lab graduate and undergraduate students a great hands-on experience in the development of novel pharmaceutical formulations at a higher rate. The possession of this equipment will greatly help the lab to push for more innovative grants with academic and industry establishments. The RheaLyo is compatible with the equipment currently used to make cryofreezing of the dose formulations in the lab located at Insight Park. In addition, the equipment will help to complete the objectives of the currently on-going NIH grant.

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

RheaVita, Ghent, Belgium. No other company sells continuous lyophilizer equipment that can be used to streamline the production of continuous pharmaceutical compositions at batch and commercial scale. The PI understands from experience working in partnership with the pharmaceutical companies and conversations with scientists currently in industry that there is no other company that sell this type of high-end equipment for the specific application of continuous lyophilization that can be used for laboratory scale which also can be used for commercial production of pharmaceutical compositions.

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

This amount is reasonable because the PI negotiated a 30% discount off the project total and 100% off on the vial upgrade along with installation, commission and training. The addition of this equipment is expected to increase the department’s ability to attract new industry partners. The availability of this equipment will also expand the Department’s ability to secure government grants and contracts.

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

Following several discussions between the PI and RheaVita, he negotiated a 30% discount off the project total. RheaVita was willing to discount the price due to their interest in graduate students getting hands-on training of the new and innovate lyophilization methods.

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, March 4, 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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