Notice End Date: November 22, 2022

Vendor Name: Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.

Contract Amount: $68,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Wendy Dennis

Agency Procurement Manager Email: procurement.questions@tridenttech.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (843) 574-6232

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:

TTC, 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 for unarmed security guards to Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. The Procurement Officer has deemed these services to be an emergency in accordance with Section 11-35-1570 of the South Carolina Procurement Code, due to TTC Public Safety Department having insufficient staff to cover all shifts. While TTC has been consistently advertising open positions, there has not been sufficient response  from qualified candidates to fill needed positions. Public Safety has been working with procurement to issue a solicitation to contract for unarmed security officers to fill the immediate needs.  In the meantime, to allow time to finalize the IFB evaluation process and implement a longer term contract for security service,  due to the  immediate staffing shortages, TTC requires an emergency contract to be in place to enable Public Safety to provide required services.  It is critical that the Public Safety department have officers on duty for all shifts to protect the college premises, faculty and staff. The safety of students and employees is at risk if officers are not available on site as well as the reputational risk to the college should a serious incident occur.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or obtained at: Web Address Where Item Is Posted
URL To View Justification: https://www.tridenttech.edu/about/departments/proc/ttc_solic.htm

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: Materials Management Officer