Notice End Date: August 7, 2023

Vendor Name: GEL Engineering LLC

Contract Amount: $896,550

Agency Procurement Manager: Michael Hastings

Agency Procurement Manager Email: mhastings@patriotspoint.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843 637 7504

The Agency hereby provides notice that it entered into an emergency contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1570 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

An emergency structural assessment of the forward portion of the ex-USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) is necessary to diagnose a repair plan in order to stop the ongoing flooding of forward compartments and to avoid additional damage to the vessel and other related consequences. The professional engineering and marine surveyor services will document existing conditions of the hull structure which are known to be severely degraded; provide guidance for dewatering of flooded compartments; provide guidance for emergency and immediate temporary repairs; develop repair specifications for permanent repairs the vessel; and provide construction management and guidance for the repair of the entire bow structure at the hold and second platform decks.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or 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 emergency 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 emergency 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