06142022 poultry feed

The South Carolina Department of Corrections issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) on June 14, 2022, for poultry feed procurement for the McDougall Farm Agriculture Division. The solicitation sought bids for three specific line items: 920 US tons of Custom Phase 2 Feed, 1 US ton of Custom Molt Feed, and 80 fifty-pound bags of oyster shell. The contract was structured as a will-call arrangement with multiple deliveries scheduled from July 5, 2022, through September 30, 2022. Feed orders would be processed in 3-ton increments, with deliveries occurring Monday through Friday within 24 hours of order placement to McDougall Farm in Ridgeville, South Carolina. All deliveries were to be FOB Destination, with no substitutions permitted for the specified feed formulations. The original proposal submission deadline was June 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., with award notification planned for June 20, 2022.

Vendors were required to have a valid South Carolina vendor number and could potentially claim preferences for South Carolina or United States end-products and resident vendor status if meeting statutory requirements. The procurement was exempt from protest procedures under Procurement Exemption #7 for livestock feed. Payment would be made via electronic funds transfer following proper invoice submission. The governmental unit reserved the right to reject any or all offers, cancel the solicitation, or adjust quantities by plus or minus 25 percent during contract performance. Interestingly, the solicitation ultimately resulted in a non-award status, as no responsive bids were received. No specific budget range or award value was disclosed in the available documentation. Pricing was to be submitted as unit and extended prices, with all performance costs included in the quoted price, and the contract price was intended to remain fixed for the duration of the agreement unless the contractor offered lower pricing post-award.