Intent to Sole Source.pdf

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INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - FUTURE TEK UNIT State and local contract opportunity
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5400023600
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Richland County, South Carolina

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This is an Intent to Sole Source document issued by Midlands Technical College's Procurement Department in South Carolina for the acquisition of specialized training equipment. The college intends to procure a Custom Allen Bradley/Siemens PLC Trainer (Part/Model #: AB-Siemens-EP-SIM) from Carolina Training Associates, the authorized South Carolina distributor for Future Tek, Inc., which holds the patents, copyrights, and registered trademarks for this equipment. The training unit includes a Siemens 300 Processor, Allen Bradley and Siemens Color Touchscreen HMIs, networking components, input/output simulators, electronic lab manuals, and associated programming software from Rockwell and Siemens. Vendors believing they can provide an identical or equivalent training unit are instructed to contact Rina Drescher via email at drescherr@midlandstech.edu by 11:00 a.m. on June 28, 2022. The college does not guarantee that responding vendors will receive a request for proposal, nor does it guarantee that any solicitation will proceed, though it reserves the right to solicit proposals in the future.

The estimated cost to Midlands Technical College for this procurement is $28,000. This Notice of Intent to Sole Source serves to determine vendor availability to provide the exact, same, or identical requested training unit. The posting date was June 16, 2022, with the response deadline of June 28, 2022.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE

PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT

1260 LEXINGTON DRIVE WEST

COLUMBIA SC 29170-2176

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

Posting Date: June 16, 2022

TITLE: Sole Source Procurement Rfx Number: 5400023600

PURPOSE: It is the intent of Midlands Technical College (MTC) to issue a Sole Source Procurement with Carolina Training Associates to purchase a Future Tek unit – Custom Allen Bradley/Siemens PLC Trainer.

Future Tek, Inc. is the legal holder of the patents, copyrights, and registered trademarks for this particular PLC Trainer.

Carolina Training Associates is the authorized distributor for Future Tek in South Carolina.

PROPOSED VENDOR: Carolina Training Associates, 3623 Latrobe Dr, Ste 120 - Charlotte, NC

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT:

Custom Allen Bradley/Siemens PLC Trainer:

• Part/Model #: AB-Siemens-EP-SIM (SF) - Special Instructor's PLC Trainer Pkg with Siemens 300 Processor and AB & Siemens Color Touchscreen HMIs 5 Port EtherNet hub, (3) MecLab connection ports,

(1) USB Interface port for EasyVeep Real-Time Simulation, (1) Analog Meter (+-10 volts), (8) Input switches/ (8) Output Simulators, Electronic Lab Manuals, AND All Required communication/interface cables and Programming software Rockwell Studio5000 Lite- AB-9324M-RLDT10M Rockwell FactoryTalk ME- 9701M-VWSTNMRT10M Siemens Simatic S7 PLC - 6ES7822-1AA03-4YA5 Siemens Win CC HMI - 6AY2102-0AA02-0AS5

• Part# AB 1769-L24ER-QBFC1B - CompactLogix PLC

ESTIMATED COST TO THE COLLEGE: $28,000

*** IMPORTANT***

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE IS TO DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY OF

VENDORS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE EXACT/SAME/IDENTICAL REQUESTED TRAINING UNIT.

SUBMIT BY:

Vendors that believe they can compete for this requirement should contact Rina Drescher, via email, at drescherr@midlandstech.edu by 11:00 a.m. on June 28, 2022.

We do not guarantee that vendors responding to this notice will be rendered a request to submit an offer for this procurement. In addition, we do not guarantee that any solicitation will occur for this procurement, but reserve the right to solicit proposals now and in the future.

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

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