Notice End Date: August 4, 2023

Vendor Name: NCH Corporation

Contract Amount: 101000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Raymond Jenkins

Agency Procurement Manager Email: raymond_jenkins@charleston.k12.sc.us

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-566-8826

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:

In accordance with Sole Source Section 1560 of the Charleston County School District Consolidated Procurement Code, the Charleston County School District intends to award for a 3 year period without competition, a contract for the procurement of a company to provide equipment, chemical and biological components to facilitate the cultivating of bacteria on site for the reduction of effluent issues, such as drain maintenance, grease traps, industrial pre-treatment, industrial waste water, municipal waste water, etc. Also provide FREE-FLOWÒ (US patent #9,540,608) the biological drain line & grease trap maintainer, which is a tabletized formula containing a propriety blend of bacterial seed cultures and growth media. This system is the only source of a dry bacteria culture which increases shelf-life of the bacteria strains while maintaining a stable bacteria population. If you are aggrieved by this intended award you have a right to protest according to Section 4210 of the Charleston County School District Consolidated Procurement Code. If you have any questions, please contact Raymond Jenkins by e-mail at raymond_jenkins@charleston.k12.sc.us no later than August 4, 2023 2PM.

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: Raymond Jenkins
Contact Email Address: raymond_jenkins@charleston.k12.sc.us
Contact Mailing Address: 3999 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC 29405