SS PUR 7776.pdf

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 1 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

TITLE: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES

Short description of the commodity or service desired: This is a gas chromatograph with a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer.

CONTACT

Name: Zakee Lacey, Purchasing Agent III Address: 407 S. Calhoun Street, SB-8 Mayo Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: (850)617-7181 Email: BIDS@FDACS.GOV

Internal tracking number, if any: SS 22 23 76

Date posted: 01/06/23 Last day for receipt of information: 01/27/23

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):

41100000 41115400

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One GC Triple quad mass spectrometer.

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

Raymond Allum , Division of Food Safety

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 Division of Food Safety, Bureau of Laboratories is seeking to purchase an Agilent 7010 EI/MS/MS mass spectrometer for the analysis of samples supporting the Division of Food Safety regulatory Program and the USDA Pesticide Data Program (PDP).

Intended Single Source:

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES

Estimated Dollar Amount:

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 2 of 2 Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

Approximate Amount: Up to $300,000

Approximate Contract Amount: $274,185.47

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):

The following specifications are unique to the Agilent 7010 EI/MS/MS instrument and no other manufacturer can meet the specifications:

1. The system and associated data acquisition and control software must be compatible with customer’s existing methods created using Agilent Mass Hunter software, to include acquisition parameters, processing methods, and reports. This platform will be one of three systems generating data for the State and PDP programs. It is critical for employee training and sample workload demands that all systems share similar methods, reports, and acquisition/control software.

2. The mass spectrometer ion source must have a self-cleaning feature. The only other option on the market is manually cleaning the mass spectrometer ion source.

Manually cleaning the ion source is unacceptable because it requires instrument downtime preventing the analysis of samples.

Only Agilent Technologies can provide the EI/MS/MS that meets the compatibility specifications as provided above. Raymond Allum, to the best of his knowledge, knows no other company that has a self-cleaning source. The Division of Food Safety, Bureau of Laboratories request that this purchase be carried out on a single source basis. A written price quote is attached for the instrument.

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

Dr. Matthew Curran, Director, Division of Food Safety Mike Thompson, Division of Food Safety Channcen Bell, Purchasing Specialist Joey B. Hicks, Director, Division of Administration

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.