Notice End Date: April 12, 2023

Vendor Name: Control Management Inc

Contract Amount: $125,025.46

Agency Procurement Manager: Robin Strickland

Agency Procurement Manager Email: rstrickland@horrycountyschools.net

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-488-6893

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 (District) intends to procure all labor and materials necessary for the control components for interface, installation, as well as upgrade the Siemens Desigo building automation system in the project necessary for the replacement of the four (4) Make-up Air Units (MAU) being constructed at the Kingston Elementary on the existing Siemens Apogee Desigo System. . 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. To maintain compatibility and ensure all controls remain operable according to Siemens standards, Control Management, Inc. is the only source for the required work.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible source who wishes to identify their capability to provide these products/services must notify the Procurement Manager by email at the address and no later than the submittal due date specified in this ad. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties’ notification, the District will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations

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