Notice End Date: December 15, 2022

Vendor Name: inHeart Inc.

Contract Amount: $75,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Vertelle G. Seabrook

Agency Procurement Manager Email: seabrokv@musc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-792-3885

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 Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Department of Cardiology in accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, intends to award without competition, a sole source contract to inHEART Inc.

The Department of Cardiology is requesting to purchase the inHeart models bulk purchase for research. "inHEART Models - Research" is a cloud-based service to process medical images (CT and/or MRI) and transform them into a digital 3D model containing highly detailed relevant anatomical structures and substrate information. inHEART Models 3-D segmentation unlimited scans. Medical images are transferred over the cloud to inHEART and then processed by our experts using our proprietary image processing software. It is intended to be used for research use only. “inHEART Models - Research” is a sole source service, created, sold, and distributed exclusively by inHEART, IHU Liryc - Hôpital Xavier Arnozan, avenue du Haut Lévêque, 33600 Pessac, France. No other company makes a similar or competing product/service. This service must be purchased directly by institutions from inHEART. There are no other agents or dealers authorized to represent this product. The Department is in the process of enrolling patients in this research protocol that requires the use of the inHEART analysis. It is vital to the integrity of the research project to contract with inHEART. "

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide these services must notify the Procurement Officer at seabrokv@musc.edu no later than December 15, 2022, (12:00 a.m. EST). Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Procurement Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019)

If you are aggrieved in connection with the solicitation or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest a solicitation, you must submit a protest within fifteen days of the date the applicable solicitation document is issued. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date the award notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. See clause entitled “Protest-CPO”. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. [02-2A085-2]

Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

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