The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Engineering and Facilities Management in accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, intends to award without competition, a one (1) year sole source contract to C&C Boilers Sales and Service, Inc. in the amount of $150,000.00.

Engineering and Facilities must have a supplier that is an authorized dealer of Cleaver Brooks, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the existing boilers. C&C Boilers Sales and Service is the Cleaver Brooks authorized representative for South Carolina. The contractor will provide repair service, labor, parts (OEM) and materials for the MUSC campus boilers. The sole source contract will include travel (mileage, meals, lodging) per the state per diem rates.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019): If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award of this contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in §11-35-4210. To protest an intended award of a contract pursuant to §11-35-1560, you shall (i) notify the chief procurement officer in writing of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this intent to award is posted, and (ii) if the appropriate chief procurement officer has been timely notified of your intent to protest, you may submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice of intent to award is posted.

Days are calculated as provided in §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. 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. 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.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide these services must notify the Procurement Officer at deveauan@musc.edu no later than October 1, 2021 (12:00 a.m. EST). Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Procurement Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.