SS2309 PUR7776 Qiagen Equipment.pdf

PUR 7776 (Eff. 01/2016) Page 1 of 2 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

TITLE: QIAGEN Equipment

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Forensic technology equipment

CONTACT:

Name: Kimberly Bowling Address: 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Telephone: 850-410-7300 Email: fdleogscontracts@fdle.state.fl.us

Internal tracking number, if any: FDLE-SS-2309

Date posted: August 15, 2022 Last day for receipt of information: September 6, 2022

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 and will remain posted for a period of at least 7 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

41115800: Clinical and diagnostic analyzers and accessories and supplies

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One-time purchase

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

FDLE / Investigations and Forensic Science / Laboratories

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):

FDLE’s mission is to promote public safety and strengthen domestic security by providing services in partnership with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies to prevent, investigate, and solve crimes while protecting Florida’s citizens by enforcing and supporting prevention of drug activity, responding to emergency situations, and preventing any act of criminal violence in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 943, FS, and Chapter 11, FAC.

Pursuant to s. 943.325 Florida Statute, the FDLE Regional Operations Centers throughout the state operate crime laboratories with the specific mission of investigating high profile criminal case work. To accomplish this, FDLE’s laboratory personnel use the QIASymphony to analyze and sample DNA of crime-related specimens. In order to provide continuous compatibility and consistency amongst the FDLE laboratories, FDLE must purchase QIAGEN equipment, which are compatible with existing agency validated equipment and procedures.

PUR 7776 (Eff. 01/2016) Page 2 of 2 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

Intended Single Source:

QIAGEN, LLC

19300 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$ 175,000

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):

FDLE utilizes the Qiagen platform for DNA automation processes and utilizes the QIAsymphony and QIAgility instruments for these purposes. Additionally, Qiagen instruments are required to expand upon existing technical equipment FDLE statewide laboratories utilize. The hardware necessary to grow the system and expand the amount of work completed within our current infrastructure is proprietary to and manufactured solely by Qiagen.

The QIAsymphony system is augmented by the QIAgility liquid handling system. The QIAsymphony and QIAgility systems are the only ones that are validated to work with the QIAGEN EZ1 extraction robot already in place in FDLE’s crime laboratories. FDLE currently has 40 QIAGEN instruments in operation and these QIAGEN instruments require QIAGEN supplies and implements which can only be purchased through QIAGEN, LLC.

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

Sonya Avant, Chief of General Services Jason Bundy, Forensic Services Director

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 s.120.57(3), F.S.