Sterile_Insect_Farms_-_Justification.pdf

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Services SINGLE/SOLE SOURCE JUSTI FICATION AND APPROVAL FORM

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Sole Source: The ONLY known supplier for unique products and services where no other options are available.

Single Source: Though there may be alternate sources forthe productorservice requested, circumstances dictate the use of the proposed vendor. (i.e., availability, timeliness, location, etc.)

PART I - GENEML REQUESToR InroRmmol.I

Date Submitled'. 0410212026

Requisition #._

One{ime Purchase I Amount of Purchase:

Requesting Department:

Contact Person/Phone #:

/i Annual Purchase fi (ane ilme)

MosoLrito Control

Bi Strittmatter X42221 il $94,000.00 (Estimated annual amou nt)

PART II - REGoMMENDED VENDoR IIroRumoI

Vendor/Contractor Name: Sterile lnsect F , lnc. a subsidiarv of Rad Source Technoloqies, lnc.

Vendor/Contractor Contact Name: Brent Phelan. Account Executive

Vendor/Contractor Phone: (678) 765-7900

Vendor/Contractor Email: bohelan@radsource.com

PART lll - Srlrcle/Sole SouRce Vluolrror.r

1. Provide a detailed descri of service/commod to be rovided the vendor

2. State why the recommended vendor is the only one capable of providing the required supplies and/or commodities. Include any back-up information or documentation that supports your recommendation. (Acceptable responses to this question will include strong pragmatic/technological information that supports the claim that there is only one vendor that can provide fhe services and/or Attach vendor letter and additional sheet if necessary

3. List any other sources that have been contacted and explain in detail why they cannot fulfill the Gounty's requirements. (Responses fo this section should inctude information pertaining to any research that was conducted to establish that the vendor r.s a so/e source.

Responses should include information pertaining fo dr.scussions with other potentiat supptiers, and why the were no longer being considered by the County)

Sterile lnsect Farms, lnc. will provide weekly shipments of male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sterilized by X-ray radiation. The sterilized males will be released in select areas of the county to reduce the population of Ae. aegypti by mating with wild females resulting in infertile eggs. Ae.

aegypti are competent vectors of several mosquito borne diseases such as Dengue and Zika.

Please see the attached vendor sole source letter: Sterile lnsect Farms-Rad Source-Sole Source-2026.

No other sources for X-ray-irradiated sterilized male mosquitoes were identified

Check all entries below that apply to the proposed purchase which exempt formal competition. (More than one entry will apply to most sole source products/services requested).

SOLE SOURCE REQUEST IS FOR THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER OR PROVIDER

THERE ARE NO REGIONAL DISTRIBUTORS. (Attach the manufacturer's written communication that no regional distributors exist. ltem no. 4 must also be completed.)

2. SOLE SOURCE REQUEST IS FOR THE ONLY STATE OF FLORIDA DISTRIBUTOR OF

THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER OR PROVIDER. (As a separate document, include the manufacturer's - not the distributor's - written certification that identifies all regional distributors.

Item no. 4 must also be completed.)

3. THE PARTS/EQUIPMENT ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE WITH SIMILAR PARTS OF

ANOTHER MANUFACTURER. PARTS ARE 'DIRECT REPLACEMENTS'

PARTS/COMPONENTS FOR EXISTING EQUIPMENT.

4. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN ITEM OR SERVICE THAT WILL MEET THE SPECIALIZED

NEEDS OF THIS DEPARTMENT OR PERFORM THE INTENDED FUNCTION.

5. THE PARTS/EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FROM THIS SOURCE ARE TO PERMIT

STANDARDIZATION. (Attach separate memorandum describing the basis for standardization request.)

6. NONE OF THE ABOVE APPLIES. A DETAILED EXPLANATION AND JUSTIFICATION FOR

THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUEST IS CONTAINED IN AN ATTACHED MEMORANDUM.

PART IV. CERTIFIcATIoN AND APPRoVALS

I have reviewed the following Single/Sole Source justification and concur with the request, fully understanding the implications of Section 838.22, Florida Statutes:

(2) "lt is unlawful for a public servant or a public contractor who has contracted with a governmental entity to assist in a competitive procurement to knowingly and intentionally obtain a benefit for any person or to cause unlawful harm to another by circumventing a competitive solicitation process required by law or rule through the use of a sole-source contract for commodities or services."

(3) "lt is unlawful for any person to knowingly agree, conspire, combine, or confederate, directly or indirectly, with a public servant or a public contractor who has contracted with a governmental entity to assist in a competitive procurement to violate subsection (1) or subsection (2)."

(5) "Any person who violates this section commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in sections. 7 7 5.082, 775. 083, and 77 5.084, Florida Statutes. "

Each undersigned individual hereby attests that he/she took part in the non-competitive procurement identified above, and has reviewed Chapter 838, Florida Statutes, as it relates to sole source contracts, and that he/she is independent of, and has no conflict of interest in, the entity evaluated and selected.

Requisitioner Signature: Strittmatter, Wi I I i a m B:{:|l',;l'#.1',:l[[ffi'5'i,H1'"' Date: o3t31t2o26

Requesting Department Director Sig nature: Faella, Joseph Date. 2026.04.0 t 07 142:50 -04'00' D ate. 04 I O 1 I 2026 Digitally signed by Faella, Joseph

Purchasing Manager's approval Bowers, Mary Digitally signed by Bowers, Mary Date: 2026.04.03 08:57:08 -04'00' Date

Assistant County Manager/County Ma r Approval (as applicable-ACM $50K-$10ot(/County Manager $1 00K-$200K// BoCC 9200K<)

Sole Source Approval lD #: 4980403

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