Request for Information - Rat Elimination Services

Project Description: Notice of Intent to Designate Sole Source/Sole Brand
Alexon, LLC (Alexon) is currently the approved and contracted vendor on ongoing and proposed projects.
This Request for Information (RFI) Notice of Intent to Designate a Sole Source is to determine if the specified commodity or service is available from multiple providers, or if an alternate commodity or service is available that would meet the County’s needs. This is not a request for pricing or a purchase commitment.
The following commodity or service is thought to be available from only one sole source and is the only commodity/services that meets the County’s needs:
Rat elimination services for Broward County buildings are to be delivered through the Alexon System network of cylindric delivery housings (24 inches and 48 inches in length) that are strategically placed in ceilings and other locations within Broward County buildings based on rat infestation. The delivery housings shall have a compartment to hold a powdered rat elimination compound that deposits on the rat’s fur when the rat passes through the apparatus for the rat to carry the compound back to the rat colony to be ingested by other rats during grooming process. Rat elimination services include the initial deployment of new delivery housings with rat elimination compound, the quarterly replenishment of rat elimination compound for existing cylindric delivery housings owned by Broward County, and the replacement of damaged delivery housings with rat elimination compound. Quarterly maintenance service is to be provided to inspect and re-deploy the newly deployed and County owned delivery housings as needed and to re-stock each delivery housing with powdered rat elimination compound sufficient for one quarter.
This RFI will remain posted until closing date and time.
Prospective Vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to provide the commodity or service described or written explanation or other documentation contesting the proposed RFI designation.
If you are capable of meeting or exceeding the County’s requirements for the specified commodity or service, respond to this RFI through the electronic bidding system. Vendor should upload any supporting information in the electronic bidding system as part of its response to assist the County in determining if commodity or service is comparable, is available from multiple suppliers, and meets the County’s needs. The Director of Purchasing shall have sole authority in deciding what is comparable.
The Director of Purchasing shall consider such submittals and notify all submitting vendors (thru the electronic bidding system) of the decision whether to designate as a Sole Source/Brand, which decision shall not be subject to objection, protest, or appeal.