Notice End Date: June 5, 2023

Vendor Name: MG Newell Corporation

Contract Amount: 200,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Myrtle deWerdt

Agency Procurement Manager Email: bidsubmissions@doc.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-896-8533

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:

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

This is a (1) year Sole source with (4) automatically renewable (1) year Terms for a potential of (5) Years

Initial Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2024   Potential Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2028

The South Carolina Department of Corrections intends to Award a Sole Source to MG Newell Corporation, for the procurement of all maintenance, repair, parts, software, programming, troubleshooting, upgrades, design, additions/expansions, and fabrication/welding. All must meet the USDA Grade A Food Plant and DHEC Regulations.

MG Newell designed, built and installed the Homogenizing and Pasteurization HTST (HighTempShortTime) System for the Wateree Dairy Farm.  There is no other manufacturer or distributor to maintain this system.  SCDC Advertised Solicitation #5400015233 for repair/parts in SCBO.  SCDC received no responses other than one from MG Newell.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Web Address Where Item Is Posted
URL To View Justification: http://webprod.cio.sc.gov/SCSolicitationWeb/solicitationAttachment.do?solicitnumber=5400025408

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