Notice Of Emergency Procurement By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

$366,181.00

Notice Publish Date:

January 27, 2023

Agency Procurement Manager:

Email:

Telephone:

The Agency hereby provides notice that it entered into an emergency contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1570 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

The South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities (GSAH), in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1570 and regulation 19-445.2110, is providing public notice of the award of an emergency contract to McCarter Mechanical Inc. The total potential value the contract is approximately $366,181.00.

This procurement is for the replacement of a chiller boiler. The need for an emergency procurement is based on the ability to award the contract to the lowest bidder prior to the JBRC meeting to maintain the lowest bid. Loss of the chiller during the winter would mean closure of the school.

Please see Section 11-35-4210: Right to Protest of the South Carolina Code of Laws for information relating to protest rights.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or obtained at:

Cayce Nobles - Cayce.Nobles@admin.sc.gov

PROTESTS:
Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this emergency 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 emergency 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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