Notice End Date: January 30, 2023

Vendor Name: JEOL USA INC

Contract Amount: $99,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Melissa Mims

Agency Procurement Manager Email: mimsm@winthrop.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-323-2143

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:

Winthrop University intends to procure annual service contracts for the Department of Chemistry’s 400MHz NMR spectrometer, manufactured by JEOL USA, Inc. JEOL USA Inc. is the manufacturer and sole factory authorized provider of service, repair, and replacement in the United States for the instruments listed. Service and repairs must be done by JEOL-trained service engineers, and JEOL is the only vendor that can supply the required annual preventative maintenance service contract. Continued operation with minimal downtime is necessary for the continuance of the program, as the NMR spectrometer is the most critical piece of equipment in the department for students and researchers. Therefore, Winthrop intends to sole source these services for the period of January 31, 2023, through January 30, 2028. In accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B)(1) where the item is one of a kind.

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