Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

$11,148.30

Notice Publish Date:

February 1, 2023

Agency Procurement Manager:

Email:

Telephone:

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's BARUCH INSTITUTE seeks to sole source Solinst Canada sensors. The purpose of these sensors in our research is to monitor water level, above ground salinity, and below ground salinity autonomously on an hourly basis in tidal estuaries. These Solinst sensors are the only sensors on the market that our lab has tested and found proven extended deployment life, which translates to higher data resolution with fewer missed measurements while maintaining a high level of sensor accuracy. Also, we are currently using the Solinst Levelogger sensors for our previous research, and replacements need to be purchased to maintain our existing data & research continuity. No other sensors on the market can meet these requirements, and the Levelogger 5 LTC and Levelogger 5 sensors cannot be purchased from any other reseller or distributor on the market. For these reasons, this is a sole source procurement.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at:

SC Young - scy@clemson.edu

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 the chief procurement officer:

Materials Management Officer

(a) by email to:

Protest-MMO@mmo.sc.gov

(b) by post or hand delivery to:

1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

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