Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

200,000.00

Notice Publish Date:

May 22, 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:

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

This is a (1) year Sole source with (4) automatically renewable (1) year Terms for a potential of (5) Years

Initial Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2024 Potential Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2028

The South Carolina Department of Corrections intends to Award a Sole Source to InVeris Training Solutions for the procurement of Smart Weapons to be used in conjunction with The SCDC’s current FATS (FireArms Training Simulation) weapons training system . Inclusive of hardware, software, warranties, extended warranties, maintenance, repair and upgrades or enhancements. This FATS system was originally procured thru solicitation 5400010857 awarded to Meggitt Training Systems March 29, 2016 and was the only vendor whom responded to the solicitation. Meggitt Training Systems had a name change to InVeris Training Solutions on Tuesday, September 29, 2020.

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

http://webprod.cio.sc.gov/SCSolicitationWeb/solicitationAttachment.do?solicitnumber=5400025403

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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