Life Technologies Corporation Implements, Software and Maintenance

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is conducting a single-source procurement for implements, software, and maintenance from Life Technologies Corporation. The required products and services include laboratory implements, equipment maintenance, and analytical/scientific software to support the agency's Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based DNA analysis of crime-related specimens. FDLE indicates that Life Technologies Corporation, through its acquisition of Applied BioSystems, is the sole source for the validated equipment, software, and reagents required to meet the agency's standardized procedures and quality requirements. The justification for the single-source procurement is that FDLE has utilized Applied BioSystems/Life Technologies equipment, software, and reagents since 2006, and the agency has completed a rigorous validation process to certify this proprietary platform. As a result, Life Technologies is the only authorized provider for the required maintenance, technical support, software upgrades, and replacement parts necessary to service and operate FDLE's crime laboratory instrumentation.

The estimated dollar amount of the single-source contract is $4,500,000 for the term of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. No set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond have been provided, as this is a single-source procurement. The incumbent vendor is Life Technologies Corporation, as the agency has utilized their products and services since 2006 and has validated the proprietary platform.