Notice End Date: February 18, 2026

Vendor Name: Illumina

Contract Amount: $134,247.90

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 seeks to sole source the purchase of the Illumina MiSeq i100 Plus System, MiSeq i100 Plus Silver Support Plan, and Freight. The MiSeq sequencer is essential for establishing spatial transcriptomics sequencing capabilities within the Institute for Human Genetics and will be used solely for research purposes. Acquisition from Illumina of additional machines is therefore required to ensure instrument reliability, warranty coverage, and continuity of supported sequencing workflows.  The Illumina MiSeq sequencer is manufactured exclusively by Illumina, and Illumina is the only vendor authorized to sell and provide a manufacturer-backed warranty and service support for this instrument. No equivalent equipment from alternative manufacturers is compatible with Illumina sequencing reagents, software, or required service agreements.  For these reasons, this is a sole source procurement.

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