Emergency Procurement 

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Department of Engineering & Facilities (E&F) in accordance with §11-35-1570 (B) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, and in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2110 is announcing the award of an emergency procurement to Trane US in the amount of $380,688.00.

The emergency procurement to Trane US is for a one year chiller maintenance agreement for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The emergency procurement was necessitated due to unforeseen circumstances surrounding multiple projects being put on hold with the current COVID-19 pandemic. 

E&F is in the process of changing over our chiller controls equipment and software to another company that was awarded a bid through an energy savings project contracted through Ameresco. This project will significantly change the scope of a long term chiller maintenance contract. The facilities department will be building this scope over the next year once the project resumes, and MUSC has a proper understanding of the new requirements associated with our chiller maintenance program. 

The Procurement Officer has deemed this to be an emergency in accordance with Section 11-35-1570 of the South Carolina Procurement Code as not being able to provide chilled water to cool these buildings would endanger our research projects as well as create an unsafe environment for our patients, visitors, faculty, staff and students.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of an emergency procurement.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019)

If you are aggrieved in connection with the solicitation or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest a solicitation, you must submit a protest within fifteen days of the date the applicable solicitation document is issued. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date the award notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. See clause entitled “Protest- CPO”. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. [02-2A085-2]

Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest- mmo@mmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201