Notice End Date: August 10, 2023

Vendor Name: GreenGas

Contract Amount: Greater than $250,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Myrtle deWerdt

Agency Procurement Manager Email: dewerdt.myrtle@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: 08/10/2023 – 08/09/2024   Potential Term: 08/10/2023 – 08/09/2028

The South Carolina Department of Corrections Intends to Sole Source with GreenGas for contract services related to the potential installation of a project at the Wateree Dairy Farm to produce Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). Working with the SC Department of Agricultural GreenGas has built and is currently operating several RNG facilities within SC and has a proven track record of success. This project can be fully funded and operated by GreenGas, which owns and operates all the necessary infrastructure, including the only RNG injection point in SC. Currently cow manure is processed in an open lagoon at Wateree releasing methane into the atmosphere. SCDC kitchen food waste from institutions is transported to the landfill. By processing the dairy manure and aggregating food waste at Wateree in an anaerobic tank digester, Wateree would become a centralized Renewable Gas production facility. GreenGas would be responsible for operations and maintenance of the equipment including transportation, labor and management of the food aggregation to Wateree. SCDC would invest no upfront capitol. GreenGas would provide to SCDC the grinder pump, anaerobic digester tank, gas cleanup system, site work/engineering, gas compressor and transportation equipment to the Georgetown, SC injection point. A project start date will be determined after JBRC approval. GreenGas has done research and complied data on the area. SCDC has not found any other vendor producing RNG from both cow manure and food waste. In addition, GreenGas owns and operates the only RNG injection point in SC.    

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: https://webprod.cio.sc.gov/SCSolicitationWeb/contractSearch.do?solicitnumber=5400025656

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