Notice End Date: December 3, 2024

Vendor Name: Southern Educational System Inc.

Contract Amount: 1,241,797.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Sierra Flynn

Agency Procurement Manager Email: Sierra.Flynn@fdtc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (843)661-8341

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 compliance with notice requirements of section 11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code and in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105, Florence-Darlington Technical College intends to award a Sole Source procurement to Southern Educational System Inc. for instructional equipment for FDTC Mechatronics Program. The machines are compatible with existing FDTC assets. A few of the existing FDTC assets are Electrical and PLC Z0317715, Z0316622, Z0316721, Z0316720, Z0316719, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Z0315928, Z0315936, and Kuka Robot Z0316437. Southern Educational System is the sole authorized distributor for South Carolina. Estimated Amount: $1,241,797.00. Bidder's right to protest is listed in section 11-35-4210 in the SC Consolidated Procurement Code and applies to this Sole Source procurement.

Protests to be filed with: Chief Procurement Officer, Materials Management Office, 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201 or emailed to: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

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