Clemson intends to sole source a contract for rental space in Charleston, South Carolina that is currently being rented from the United States Department of Agriculture.    Conrtract Price:  $18,000 month, $216,000.00 Annually.  The USDA provides space under a permit agreement at the US Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, SC. Agricultural Research Services needs to maintain an office at this laborary as part of their cooperative research mission with the USDA. This is the only state-of-the-art faciltiy for lab and greenhouse research as well as being across the street from our 325 acre farm. There is no other facility like it to serve our needs in Charleston in proximity to the CU farm where our field research is conducted. Further, because of the requirement to have an office with the USDA, there is no other vendor that could provide this service, therefore this is a sole source 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 seven 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. PROTEST - CPO - MMO ADDRESS (JUN 2006): Any protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us or (b) by post or delivery to 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201