Notice End Date: January 27, 2023

Vendor Name: Carolina International Trucks, Inc

Contract Amount: $157,272.96

Agency Procurement Manager: Alicia Sanders

Agency Procurement Manager Email: alicia.sanders@scdmh.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 1-803-898-8484

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 South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH), in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1570 and regulation 19-445-.2110, is providing public notice of the award of an emergency contract to Carolina international Trucks, Inc. The procurement is for a refrigerated truck to transport patient meal trays and provide their nourishment. This is an emergency due to the prior vendor not renewing the State contract and canceling patient orders.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or 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 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