Agilent service and supplies

The Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (BPHL), located in Leon County, is seeking a single-source procurement of annual preventative maintenance and service agreements and supplies from Agilent Technologies, Inc. for laboratory instruments critical to arboviral disease testing. The instruments requiring maintenance and supplies include an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), TS Washer, Synergy HTX reader, ICP SPS Autosampler, and Crosslab Silver equipment, which are utilized for serological testing of West Nile, Chikungunya, St. Louis Encephalitis, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, and Zika viruses. The procurement encompasses laboratory equipment maintenance, chemistry test kits and supplies, chromatographic measuring instruments and accessories, and pipette tips. The contract term is three years, with a posting date of January 21, 2026, and a deadline for receipt of vendor information on February 11, 2026, at 3:30 PM. No bidders' conference or site visit has been scheduled for this procurement. The contact for this procurement is Yasemin Sulker at the Bureau of Public Health Laboratories, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399.

This single-source procurement is justified under Chapter 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, based on the proprietary nature of the specified laboratory instruments and Agilent Technologies, Inc.'s status as the sole manufacturer and authorized service provider for these systems. The Department of Health has determined that competition is unavailable due to the equipment's proprietary specifications, making Agilent the only qualified vendor capable of providing the required preventative maintenance and service agreements and supplies. No set-aside designations or restrictions on respondent organizations have been noted in the procurement documentation. The estimated contract value for this three-year single-source agreement is $850,000.00. The purchase has been approved by Allegra Small, Purchasing Director, with internal tracking number EXP2655.