# Utah Public Procurement Place U3P #KR27-108

Agilent TOF LC/MS system and chromatography equipment for Utah DHHS Toxicology

**Posted:** October 19, 2026
**Respond By:** October 26, 2026
**Identifier:** KR27-108
**NAICS:** 423490

Utah DHHS’s Toxicology Department intends to acquire an **Agilent Technologies** time-of-flight LC/MS system and compatible chromatography equipment for toxicology testing.
- **Government buyer:** Utah Division of Purchasing, for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Toxicology Department; purchasing contact: Melissa Corona, Purchasing Agent III.
- **OEM:** **Agilent Technologies** is the named manufacturer and proposed supplier.
- **Products requested (quantity 1 each):**
  - 6230C Accurate Mass TOF LC/MS System (G6230CA).
  - MassHunter Workstation software upgrade for LC/TOF and LC/(Q)TOF (M5961AA).
  - 1260 Infinity III Binary Pump (G7112B), Multicolumn Thermostat (G7116A), Vialsampler (G7129A), and Isocratic Pump (G7110B).
  - 2-position/6-port Quick Change Valve Head (G4231A), splitter assembly (G1607-60000), and one 10-pack of 1/32-inch double-winged PEEK nuts and ferrules (5065-4422).
  - LC/MS TOF System support (SYS-LM-TOF), with enhanced government/academic extended warranty for three years total.
- **Purpose and requirements:** Support broad-spectrum drug screening in blood, urine, vitreous humor, or oral fluid; detection of novel psychoactive substances; retrospective analysis of stored data; and metabolite profiling. The system must work with existing Agilent 1260/1290 UHPLC hardware and process data through Agilent MassHunter PCDL software.
- **Included services and support:** Installation and introduction for specified equipment and software; one year of software updates and phone assistance for the system and software upgrade; three-year total extended-warranty coverage for system support.
- **Compatibility rationale:** The buyer cites preserving validated methods and metadata, and avoiding the cost and workload of revalidation and requalification that could accompany a move to another TOF platform.
- **Estimated value:** $258,232.15. Estimated delivery is five weeks; no contract performance dates or term are stated.

### Description

The Utah Division of Purchasing posted a notice of intent to award a contract without engaging in a standard procurement process for a mass time-of-flight liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry system. The system is for the Department of Health and Human Services Toxicology Department and is intended for broad-spectrum drug screening, identification of novel psychoactive substances, retrospective data analysis, and metabolite profiling. The requested equipment includes an Agilent 6230C Accurate Mass TOF LC/MS system, related LC equipment and software, installation, and support. The notice lists an estimated total value of $258,232.15 and invites vendors to submit a contest with information demonstrating an alternative source or comparable item.

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