Notice End Date: February 28, 2025

Vendor Name: Emergency Procurement with Johnson Controls Fire Protection

Contract Amount: 15,832.81

Agency Procurement Manager: Krista Scherpf

Agency Procurement Manager Email: scherpfk@winthrop.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-323-2143

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:

In accordance with the requirements of Section 11-35-1570 (B) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, Winthrop is providing notice of award of an emergency procurement to Johnson Controls Fire Protection. The Winthrop campus has a JCI-Simplex proprietary fiber optic communication network that ties multiple of the campus' newer JCI-Simplex fire alarm panels into one system that reports building fire issues to campus emergency services. During a recent fire alarm panel upgrade it was determined there were multiple faults in the network that were impacting communication of building-system issues to the campus dispatch. After an assessment by a JCI-Simplex repair technician a list of issues with repairs was produced to restore the system functionality. The fire alarm reporting network is a critical element to notify emergency services of issues in a building that could impact buildings users and real property. The Winthrop campus has a JCI-Simplex proprietary fiber optic communication network that ties multiple of the campus' newer JCI-Simplex fire alarm panels into one system that reports building fire issues to campus emergency services. 

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: Materials Management Officer