Notice End Date: May 15, 2026

Vendor Name: Maxson and Associates Inc

Contract Amount: 370950.00

Agency Procurement Manager: April Pitts

Agency Procurement Manager Email: apitts@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 864-656-1773

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 requires repairs to existing fire deployable curtains by Smoke Guard fire curtains. Maxson and Associates is the manufacturer’s representative for Smoke Guard in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Smoke Guard requires all their equipment to be installed and serviced by factory trained professionals to maintain the manufacturer’s warranty and validity of their UL Fire and Smoke Labels. Maxson and Associates is the only authorized repair entity for these repairs.  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