SS2332 - PUR7776 - EDAX.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Law Enforcement

TITLE: EDAX Maintenance Short description of the commodity or service desired: Maintenance for three (3) spectrometer systems

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-2332

Date posted: 1/6/2023 Last day for receipt of information: 1/30/2023

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):

81101706 Laboratory equipment maintenance

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3/1/2023 - 2/29/2024

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

FDLE/Office of Investigations and Forensic Science (IFS) / Orlando Regional Operations Center

(OROC).

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 pursuant to Chapter 943, FS, and Chapter 11, FAC.

FDLE's forensic DNA program requires many processes and instruments to be able to complete the DNA testing required by F.S. 943.04 and 943.325, as support to state and local law

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enforcement agencies, as well as, FBI national standards, to be able to participate in CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) for nationwide DNA database searching.

The FDLE Orlando Regional Operations Center operates a crime laboratory with the mission of investigating criminal case work. The Octane Elect Plus Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and the Orbis X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometer systems and related equipment are used to analyze trace evidence.

Intended Single Source:

EDAX, Inc.

91 McKee Drive Mahwah, New Jersey 07430

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$71,000

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):

EDAX is the manufacturer of the software, proprietary parts and engineering resources covering the Octane Elect Plus EDS and Orbis XRF spectrometer systems. No other vendor is authorized to provide maintenance and support for these systems.

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 Rule 60A- 1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.