Notice End Date: November 26, 2024

Vendor Name: NovaSeq X Series 10B Reagent Kits from Illumina

Contract Amount: $113,723.88

Agency Procurement Manager: SC Young

Agency Procurement Manager Email: scy@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 864-656-2830

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:

Clemson University's Center for Human Genetics seeks to sole source the NovaSeq X Series 10B Reagent Kits from Illumina.  The NovaSeq X Series 10B Reagent Kit (100 cycle) is compatible with our NovaSeq X sequencer. Illumina is the only manufacturer of NovaSeq X Reagent Kits, so it must be ordered from them. These Reagent Kits are the only compatible sequencing reagent kit with the NovaSeq X sequencer; any other sequencing reagent kit will not run on the NovaSeq X sequencer. Without the Reagent Kit from Illumina, we will be unable to perform next-generation sequencing as the kit is required to produce sequencing data on the NovaSeq X. This specific 10B, 100 cycle kit is required due to the amount of data it provides and it performs 50 bp paired end reads for a total of 100 cycles, which is required for our experiment and to maintain existing research data continuity.  For these reasons, this is a sole source.

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