Sole source with (4) automatically renewable (1) year Terms for a potential of (5) Years
Agency: | State of South Carolina - State Fiscal Accountability Authority(SFAA) |
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Level of Government: | State & Local |
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Opps ID: | NBD16009701101974217 |
Posted Date: | May 17, 2023 |
Due Date: | |
Source: | https://scbo.sc.gov/online-edi... |
Intent to Award Sole Source
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: 06/02/2023 – 06/01/2024 Potential Term: 06/02/2023 – 06/01/2028
The South Carolina Department of Corrections intends to Sole Source Ronco for the provision of the ELPAS/RTLS Man-Down Duress System. The RTLS System is a combined hardware and software solution delivering wireless monitoring/tracking of prison guards facilitating faster response time during emergencies in the inmate population. The RTLS System contains a Software Development Kit for the development of interfaces to external building and security systems. Including a Web Services based interface to enable simple integration by developers and to access and update database events and objects. Interfaces with Intrusion, CCTV, Access Control and Patient Call Systems
- This system will support local devices that continue to annunciate duress(man-down) alerts during network or server outages. The system uses Controller Based Alerts for Man-Down, Trouble events for any device connected to its RS-485 BUS (subnet) such as Device Tamper (and restore), Low Voltage (and restore), Communication (crc) errors (and Restore), Bus Capacity Exceeded, Antenna Removed (and Restore), Server Communication Failure (and Restore).
- The system will support wireless temperature monitoring by utilizing the same 433 MHz Radio Frequency Infrastructure to monitor temperature and annunciate out of range alerts for Refrigerators, Food Pantries, Medicine Cabinets as well as ambient temperature in housing units, server rooms, etc.
- The system supports wireless temperature monitoring by utilizing the same 433 MHz Radio Frequency Infrastructure to monitor temperature and annunciate out of range alerts for Refrigerators, Food Pantries, Medicine Cabinets as well as ambient temperature in housing units, server rooms, etc.
- The system must reliably provide location and distinguish between indoor, outdoor and separate floors.
There is no other system that can support all of these features on the same platform. While companies that use disparate systems can achieve some of the outcomes but are not able to do it all from one system. The key is ability it to do it all at that level from one hardware/software platform. The RTLS System contains a Software Development Kit for the development of interfaces to external building and security systems. Including a Web Services based interface to enable simple integration by developers and to access and update database events and objects. Interfaces with Intrusion, CCTV, Access Control and Patient Call Systems. RONCO is the Sole Certified partner of ELPAS/Centrak in the state of South Carolina with the applicable technical certification to support a correctional project. Ronco has offices throughout State of South Carolina that can provide local support to each one of the SCDOC institutions
RESPONSE PERIOD ENDS AND MUST BE SUBMITTED BY DATE INDICATED ON FRONT PAGE
The Award becomes effective after opening / date and time if no responses are received
This notice will be posted in the South Carolina Business Opportunities (SCBO) for at least (5-10) business days as required by
SC Code 11-35-1560.
PROTESTS:
If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer and submitted in writing.
Chief Procurement Officer -Materials Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600 -Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us
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).
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