South Carolina Business Opportunities
Published by Division of Procurement Services - Delbert H. Singleton, Jr., Division Director
Ad Category: Sole Source and Emergency
Notice Start Date: June 1, 2023
Notice End Date: June 8, 2023
Vendor Name: SmartLam CLT GRADE V3.2 /PLY 3 ALT & SYP 24F-V3, 24f-V5/Combo 50
Contract Amount: $61,480.00
Agency Procurement Manager: SC Young
Agency Procurement Manager Email: scy@clemson.edu
Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8646562830
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:

Clemson requires several panels of Cross-Laminated Timber to study their structural properties and their performance as part of a composite floor system. Cross-Laminated Timber is an engineered wood product where orthogonal layers of dimensional lumber are pressed into a panel of various sizes, configurations, and edge conditions. Clemson needs a specific layup (direction of each layer), panel size (8’ x 20’ to 8’ x 40’), species of manufacture (southern yellow pine), lamination thickness (1.375”) and adhesive choice (PUR – formaldehyde free). Each of these requirements can only be satisfied using Smartlam products. No other manufacturers of Cross-Laminated Timber can provide these requirements. Further, this material cannot be purchased from any other reseller or distributor. 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
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