Notice End Date: January 31, 2023

Vendor Name: Almaco Plot Planters with ‘SkyTrip’ GPS Tripping Systems

Contract Amount: $94,448.00

Agency Procurement Manager: SC Young

Agency Procurement Manager Email: scy@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 864-656-2830

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:

Almaco is the only manufacturer of specialized/research plot planters (grain drills) equipped with the ‘SkyTrip’ GPS tripping systems which is patented by Almaco and not offered by any other manufacturer or reseller/distributor. SkyTrip GPS is compatible with all tractor auto-steer systems currently in use by the University, and provides the ability to plant research plots accurately, quickly, and safely without the use of a cable. Only Almaco offers their patented ’SkyTrip’ GPS system, which is compatible with the Clemson University CROP Team’s existing tractor and GPS tower. For these reasons, this is a sole source procurement.

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