Notice End Date: March 24, 2023

Vendor Name: Illumina Inc

Contract Amount: $400,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Whitney Carswell

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

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803) 898-3472

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 and Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking qualified vendors to provide reagent kits for use on the existing Illumina MiSeq and MiniSeq Next Generation Sequencing Systems located in DHEC's Public Health Laboratory. These reagent kits will allow for rapid response to foodborne disease outbreaks in the State of South Carolina.

As members of the CDC's PulseNet national foodborne outbreak surveillance network, DHEC's lab is responsible for reporting their statewide results to CDC in order to link South Carolina outbreaks to any and all national foodborne outbreaks. To respond to and identify potential outbreaks more quickly, the CDC and PulseNet labs have transitioned to Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS). This technology gives PulseNet labs more information about organisms and improves the ability to quickly link causative agents to patient samples. The reagent kits must be validated for use by CDC for PulseNet developed protocols for WGS for the Illumina MiSeq and MiniSeq Next Generation Sequencing Systems.

DHEC, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to award a sole source contract to Illumina Inc. The total estimated dollar amount of the purchase is $400,000.00.

Qualified vendors should contact Whitney Carswell at carswewp@dhec.sc.gov by Midnight ET, March 24, 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