Notice End Date: September 18, 2026

Vendor Name: Control Management Inc.

Contract Amount: 3,000,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Tracy O'Keefe

Agency Procurement Manager Email: tokeefe@coastal.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-349-2741

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:

Coastal Carolina University requires ongoing support, maintenance, repair, replacement, expansion, and integration of its existing Siemens building automation infrastructure across campus. The University operates a centrally managed Siemens Apogee and Design CC controls environment that supports HVAC systems, chilled water systems, air handling units, pumps, cooling towers, valves, sensors, monitoring equipment, and related building automation functions.

To maintain centralized operation, monitoring, graphics, alarming, programming, and reporting capabilities, all additions, modifications, repairs, and expansions to the existing controls environment must remain fully compatible with the University's Siemens platform.

For maintenance and applicable campus projects over the next three years, CMI will provide:

- Siemens‑certified integration, hardware, and software for new and existing facilities
- Controls for AHUs, pumps, chillers, cooling towers, valves, sensors, and monitoring systems
- Siemens Electro‑Cell filtration systems
- Engineering, project management, labor, testing, commissioning
- Updated graphics and software integration into CCU’s Siemens platform  

All services will be performed using Siemens-authorized hardware, software, programming tools, and support resources.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Web Address Where Item Is Posted
URL To View Justification: https://ccucloud.coastal.edu/index.php/s/k45237pNZA3Sxxo

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