Notice End Date: November 19, 2025

Vendor Name: Agilent Technologies

Contract Amount: $375,362.90

Agency Procurement Manager: Julie Boland

Agency Procurement Manager Email: JABoland@sled.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803)896-7004

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 Law Enforcement Division (SLED) hereby provides notice, pursuant to the authority of SC Code 11-35-1560 and SC Regulation 19-445-2105, that it intends to award without competition a contract to Agilent Technologies for a service and support agreement for Agilent GCMS 5975 Diffusion System, GCMS 5975 Turbo System, Intuvo 9000GC System Enhance, LCMS Triple Quad System, 6465A Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System, 6430 QQQ System, 6470 QQQ LC/MS system, LCMS 6475 QQQ System, and 6545/ 6546 LC/ QTOF System Instruments that are used in SLED’s Forensic Services Laboratory.  Only Agilent is certified to service and support their proprietary instruments and software. Agilent has not certified any other third-party vendors to service and support their instruments. Warranties would be voided if another vendor were to service. The services are required to ensure that the instruments continue to function properly and provide accurate results for criminal investigations

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