Notice End Date: November 21, 2023

Vendor Name: Trane

Contract Amount: 54,463.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Lynda Robinson

Agency Procurement Manager Email: ljrobins@lexrich5.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8034768140

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:

HVAC units at Irmo Elementary School failed in August  when classroom temperatures exceeded 80 degrees.  Heavy-duty portable HVAC units were needed immediately so that students could remain in school.  There were no state contract vendors who had the heavy-duty rentals available at the time of the equipment failure.   Replacement parts for the failed equipment would not be available for approximately 8 weeks.

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: Other
Contact Name: Lynda Robinson
Contact Email Address: ljrobins@lexrich5.org
Contact Mailing Address: 1020 Dutch Fork Road, Irmo, SC 29063