Notice End Date: July 16, 2022

Vendor Name: Apple; Dell; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Howard; HP Inc.; IBM; Lenovo Global Technology; Lenovo Inc.; Microsoft Corporation; Panasonic; Pure Storage Inc.; Transource; authorized resellers

Contract Amount: $85M

Agency Procurement Manager: Will Butler

Agency Procurement Manager Email: wbutler@mmo.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803) 737-9854

The Agency hereby provides notice that it entered into an emergency contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1570 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

Description: The State hereby provides notice that it has entered an emergency contract per SC Code of Laws §11-35-1570 for the following supplies, services, information technology or construction: Computer Equipment (Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, Servers, Storage), Peripherals, and Related Services. To obtain a copy of the emergency procurement justification, email Will Butler at wbutler@mmo.sc.gov.

Protests: Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this emergency contract, shall notify the appropriate chief Procurement officer in writing of its intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this emergency contract and has timely notified the appropriate chief procurement officer of its intent to protest, may protest to the appropriate chief procurement officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.
A protest must be in writing, filed with the appropriate chief procurement officer, and set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the appropriate chief procurement officer within the time provided above. Days are calculated as provided in S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-310(13).

 

Any protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing:

(a) by email to protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov, or

(b) by post or delivery to 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

 

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or obtained at: Agency Procurement Manager (Listed Above)

PROTESTS:
Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this emergency contract, shall notify the appropriate chief Procurement officer in writing of its intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this emergency contract and has timely notified the appropriate chief procurement officer of its intent to protest, may protest to the appropriate chief procurement officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.
A protest must be in writing, filed with the appropriate chief procurement officer, and set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the appropriate chief procurement officer within the time provided above. Days are calculated as provided in S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-310(13).

Any Notice Of Intent To Protest And Protest Must Be Addressed To: Information Technology Management Officer