Notice End Date: June 24, 2026

Vendor Name: IDEXX DISTRIBUTION, INC

Contract Amount: 225,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Kenesha Atkinson

Agency Procurement Manager Email: kenesha.atkinson@des.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8038983513

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 Department of Environmental Services (DES) is seeking a qualified vendor to provide miscellaneous Idexx water/microbiology and wastewater testing supplies. Qualified vendors must meet the following requirements:

 

(1) Provide Idexx testing supplies that analyze drinking water and wastewater for contaminants (e.g. enterococci, Escherichia coli, etc.)

 

(2) Supplies must be able to provide test results within a 24-hour time frame

 

(3) Supplies must be in compliance with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) methodology

 

DES’s Environmental Affairs Division of Analytical and Radiological Services (ARESD) is an environmental compliance and enforcement laboratory that has these specific Idexx products written into its standard operating procedures, which have been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The central and regional DES laboratories for the performance of these methods comply with EPA-approved methodology as specified in 40 CFR Parts 136 and 141. The laboratories are certified by the EPA for the use of these specific Idexx testing supplies.

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