Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

$215,117.35

Notice Publish Date:

February 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:

Horry County Schools (District) intends to procure all labor and materials necessary to install code compliant voice evacuation Simplex fire alarm panel and equipment at multiple new modular classroom units at five (5) different locations to include Carolina Forest Elementary, Carolina Forest High, Ocean Bay Elementary, Pee Dee Elementary, and St. James Elementary. Each with their own individual needs for new Fire Alarm installation, based on location of modular and proximity to existing panels and/ or sub panels. The Simplex equipment is the only equipment that is capable of communication with, and UL listed to operate with the current system. The Simplex fire alarm system is manufactured and under proprietorship of Johnson Controls Fire Protection making them the only company that can update and/or modify our current system.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible source who wishes to identify their capability to provide these products/services must notify the Buyer by email at the address and no later than the submittal due date specified in this ad. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties’ notification, the District will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.

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

Robin Strickland, NIGP-CPP, CPPB - rstrickland@horrycountyschools.net

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:

Robin Bell Strickland

(a) by email to:

rstrickland@horrycountyschools.net

(b) by post or hand delivery to:

335 Four Mile Road, Conway, SC 29526

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