Notice End Date: November 30, 2022

Vendor Name: Blanchard Machinery

Contract Amount: $175,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Drew Spires

Agency Procurement Manager Email: Drew.Spires@admin.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-734-5953

The Agency hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1560 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

The South Carolina Department of Administration, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to award a sole source contract to Blanchard Machinery. The total potential value the contract is approximately $175,000.00. The anticipated contract duration is 11/07/2022 until 11/06/2027.

The South Carolina Department of Administration intends to procure services to include quarterly maintenance activities and load bank testing on both Data Center 1500 kW generators to maintain system reliability and extended warranty coverage. The work includes critical system software updates to the system 4.4 digital controls. Performed activities include testing, replacement and analysis of oil, fuel filters, starters, chargers, batteries, and other components. The work must be performed by manufacture certified techs to maintain those warranties as well as ensure the control software is updated for proper function and reliability.

Please see Section 11-35-4210(1): Right to Protest of the South Carolina Code of Laws for information relating to protest rights.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately 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 sole source 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 sole source 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