Notice End Date: October 7, 2025

Vendor Name: Amatrol / Technical Training Aids

Contract Amount: 148057.20

Agency Procurement Manager: Jesse Chapman

Agency Procurement Manager Email: jchapman@netc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8439216946

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:

Amatrol is currently the exclusive manufacturer of the electrical equipment utilized in our classrooms. This equipment is specifically designed to align with our curriculum. The vendor is supplying two mobile electrical control panel trainers equipped with wheels for easy movement and setup. Each trainer will include a dedicated plug to provide electrical current once the wiring is completed correctly. In addition, the trainers will feature an electrical box with a fuse system to ensure that the current is regulated and operating safely. Introducing new equipment would require significant revisions to the curriculum, along with additional equipment purchases to align with the updated content. Furthermore, we would need to re-order and standardize the equipment across all campuses to ensure consistency in instruction for comparable courses.

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