Notice End Date: January 17, 2023

Vendor Name: iHealth Labs, Inc.

Contract Amount: $58,500

Agency Procurement Manager: Tripp Clark

Agency Procurement Manager Email: clarkhc@dhec.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803) 898-3485

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 Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) intends to award a Sole Source contract valued at $58,500 to iHealth Labs, Inc. for the shipping cost only of 1,700,000 iHealth COVID-19 antigen rapid test (5 tests per box).  Kits are being provided at no cost to DHEC, with the only cost being the cost of shipping.  This is contract administration related to multiple purchases from at least three (3) different resellers / vendors from whom several million iHealth test kits were purchased in 2021 and 2022.  These kits are being provided by the manufacturer, iHealth Labs, to DHEC at no cost to replace kits which have expired or are expiring soon.  Contact agency Procurement Manager to obtain a copy of the written justification. Qualified vendors should contact Tripp Clark at clarkhc@dhec.sc.gov by 5PM, January 17, 2023, for additional information.

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