Notice End Date: March 28, 2023

Vendor Name: Control Management Inc.

Contract Amount: $1,182,322.10

Agency Procurement Manager: Robin Strickland, NIGP-CPP, CPPB

Agency Procurement Manager Email: rstrickland@horrycountyschools.net

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 18434886893

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:

Horry County Schools (the District) intends to procure all labor, materials and components necessary for the Siemens Desigo building automation system and control portion necessary for the complete operational system related to the Mechanical Renovations Project at Myrtle Beach High School located at 3302 Robert Grissom Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.

The District’s building automation system consists entirely of components made by Siemens. Siemens Industry has given exclusive territorial rights in South Carolina to Control Management to design, sell, and service Siemens building automation system. The District requires installation and support services from a vendor that has technicians who are fully trained in Siemens systems. The Siemens control system is the core of Horry County Schools building automation system. Any new equipment must integrate seamlessly with our current proprietary Siemens building automation system. Control Management, Inc. is the only authorized dealer in South Carolina that can service the District’s Siemens building automation system.

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: Other
Contact Name: Robin Strickland, NIGP-CPP, CPPB
Contact Email Address: rstrickland@horrycountyschools.net
Contact Mailing Address: 335 Four Mile Road, Conway, SC 29526