Sole Source - Replacement of Agilent Gas Chromatograph Instruments
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: | NBD16009811894920247 |
Posted Date: | Feb 2, 2023 |
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Source: | https://scbo.sc.gov/online-edi... |
Clemson University's ENVIRONMENTAL ENGR & EARTH SCI Department currently has two ongoing research projects have been utilizing Agilent gas chromatography (GC) instruments to collect electron capture detector (ECD) chromatograph data on both Occurrence and Formation Potential Studies of Disinfection By-Products (DBP) of local waste and raw waters of the Carolinas. The methods developed to run the samples of this study were created with the help of Agilent applications specialists on Agilent equipment. As this research continues to progress it has been necessary to consult Agilent in order to further refine and redevelop some aspects of the methods used on these instruments for this important data collection process. It is in this aspect that Agilent Technologies is sought for the replacement of damaged instrumentation. An existing Agilent 7890 GC that serves as a third GC for this and other projects has a damaged autosampler (AS) is also in need of a replacement Agilent AS and tray and will now be bundled via a PC to the two incoming GC instruments so that all three GC’s on this bench can be utilized seamlessly to run samples for these projects on the same Agilent user license. In order to configure and to operate all three instruments together onto the same computer which will control the licensing and instrument method parameters it is required to have this setup and executed by Agilent as it is with Agilent instrumentation that this bundling will be occurring. This equipment cannot be purchased from any other reseller or distributor, and the installation requires authorized Agilent technicians. For these reasons, this is a sole source procurement.
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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