Notice End Date: December 13, 2022

Vendor Name: Agilent Technologies Inc.

Contract Amount: $404,354.49

Agency Procurement Manager: James Jackson

Agency Procurement Manager Email: jjackson@sled.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-896-7004

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 Law Enforcement Division (SLED) hereby provides notice, pursuant to the authority of SC Code 11-35-1560 and SC Regulation 19-445-2105, that it intends to award without competition a sole source contract to Agilent Technologies Inc. for a service and support agreement for Agilent GCMS 5975 Diffusion System, Agilent GCMS 5977 Diffusion System, Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC Enhanced System, Agilent LCMS Triple Quad System, Agilent 6465A Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System, Agilent 6470 QQQ LC/MS System, Agilent 6545/6546 LC/QTOF System, and Agilent 6850 Enhanced GC Features System instruments that are used in SLED's Forensic Services Laboratory. Agilent Technologies Inc. is the manufacturer and sole source for factory-authorized maintenance and support to their proprietary instruments.      

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