Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

200,000.00

Notice Publish Date:

May 23, 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:

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 Sole Source Southeast Milk for the procurement of software, parts and support for the Milking Parlor located at Wateree Dairy for a period of one year with the option to renew for an additional (2) 1 year periods . The installed milking parlor, weigh station and automated sort system which the Wateree River Dairy utilizes on a daily basis were manufactured by DeLaval. The software which operates the electronic portion of the current system is marketed by Afi, a subsidiary of Delaval. The four types of Afi software in use are AfiMilk, AfiSort, AfiWeigh and AfiId. The single source for both consumable maintenance items and equipment failure parts is the Delaval Company which operates through distributors. The design on these parts are protected as proprietary and or patented to the original manufacturer. The distributors or bound by territory assignments in which operations are allowed. Southeast Milk Inc. is the only southeastern distributor in place for the Rembert, South Carolina location. The representative for Southeast Milk Inc. provides diagnostic and repair functions for all the installed systems, in addition to providing all supplies and parts on an as needed basis.

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

http://webprod.cio.sc.gov/SCSolicitationWeb/solicitationAttachment.do?solicitnumber=5400025416

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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