Notice End Date: January 26, 2024

Vendor Name: Lucid Scientific, Inc.

Contract Amount: $103,674.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Wayne Singleton

Agency Procurement Manager Email: singlewa@musc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-792-1725

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 §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, it is the intent of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to award without competition, a sole source contract in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B) (5) to Lucid Scientific, Inc. for the purchase of two Resipher 96-Sensor Starter Kits, two Software & Maintenance 32X-6-month agreements.

Purpose and Objectives: The newly available 96-sensor version will transform the ability to compare mitochondrial function between different treatment groups.

Sole Source Justification: The Resipher system is the only OCR (oxygen consumption rate device) that can continuously and non-invasively measure OCR directly within standard cell culture plates. This system also provides measurements within the incubator of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and vibration. The patented measurement method utilizes a dynamic sensing probe which has the highest sensitivity in the market of 2 fmol/mm2/sec.  The proposed system from this manufacturer is the only oxygen consumption device of its kind that is able to measure oxygen consumption from C. elegans nematodes without causing a harmful increase in the temperature beyond what is tolerated by the worms.  The Resipher system delivers and stores all data in their cloud-based platform, a benefit that is unique to this system and fosters easy data sharing among collaborators.  

No other manufacturers offer oxygen consumption systems which meet the criteria listed above or have any associated cloud storage or backup.

Questions: Shall be addressed to the email address of the Procurement Office indicated below: 

PROTESTS (MAY 2019): If you are aggrieved in connection with the solicitation or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section §11-35-4210. To protest a solicitation, you must submit a protest within fifteen days of the date the applicable solicitation document is issued. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date the award notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section §11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. See clause entitled “Protest-CPO”. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided.  

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide these services must notify the Procurement Officer at singlewa@musc.edu prior to the deadline: January 26, 2024 (12:00 a.m. EST). Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Procurement Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.  

Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to:  protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

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