Notice End Date: November 26, 2024

Vendor Name: Cepheid

Contract Amount: 175,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Whitney Carswell

Agency Procurement Manager Email: carswewp@dph.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803) 898-3472

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:

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a qualified vendor to provide one (1) GeneXpert GXXVI-16-TSK, 16-Modules Touchscreen Configuration. The GeneXpert system and all components  identified herein must at a minimum: have a 16-testing site system with ten (10) color Modules, Touchscreen computer, and Dx software, one (1) B&W printer for GeneXpert and Smart Cycle, one (1) Pro APC power-saving Backup-UPS 1500/120V, and first year of service included under the warranty of the instrument. All items must be provided by the same vendor.

DPH, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to award a sole source contract to Cepheid. The total estimated dollar amount of the purchase is $175,000.00.

Qualified vendors should contact Whitney Carswell at carswewp@dph.sc.gov by Midnight ET, November 26, 2024 for additional information.

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: Information Technology Management Officer