COW & heifer feed (3 months will call)

The South Carolina Department of Corrections issued Invitation for Bid (IFB) 5400023096 for custom dairy and heifer feed procurement, targeting the Wateree River Farm located in Rembert, South Carolina. The solicitation seeks three specific feed formulations: Custom Dairy Lactation Meal (350 tons), Custom Close Up Dry Meal (50 tons), and Custom Heifer Pellets (90 tons), totaling 490 tons for a three-month contract period from April 5, 2022, through July 4, 2022. Feed will be ordered in 3-ton increments to ensure full loads of approximately 24 tons per delivery, with daily deliveries scheduled Monday through Friday as needed. All deliveries are FOB Destination to the farm address. Bid submissions were required to be sealed paper documents delivered to the SC Department of Corrections Purchasing Branch, with a bid opening date of March 31, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Vendors were mandated to provide exact specified feed formulations, submit unit pricing per ton, and include all transportation costs in their quoted price. No pre-bid conference or site visit was scheduled, and award notification was expected on April 4, 2022.

The solicitation was issued under Procurement Exemption #7 for Livestock Feed, which made the contract non-protestable. Vendor registration with the State of South Carolina was mandatory, and bids required documentation of qualifications and compliance with certifications including independent pricing, debarment status, drug-free workplace requirements, and ethics compliance. Preferences were available for South Carolina end-products, U.S. end-products, and resident vendors who met statutory requirements. The contract was ultimately awarded to ISE Newberry dba Newberry Feed, a South Carolina-based vendor, with a total evaluated contract amount of $227,767.60. Unit prices were set at $470.28 per ton for Dairy Lactation Meal, $523.43 per ton for Close Up Dry Meal, and $411.09 per ton for Heifer Pellets. The procurement process explicitly prohibited sales or use taxes in bid pricing and required vendors to meet specific qualification criteria to be considered for award.