Notice End Date: December 20, 2022

Vendor Name: RPE Contracting

Contract Amount: $57,570

Agency Procurement Manager: Jennifer Hester

Agency Procurement Manager Email: jdhester@fmarion.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-661-1161

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:

The University found that six campus fire hydrants were in disrepair.  This is an emergent issue as there is a safety risk imposed to the inhabitants of the University in the chance of a fire event.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or obtained at: Paul J. MacDonald | pmacdonald@fmarion.edu

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