COW & heifer feed OCT 1- DEC 31, 2022

The South Carolina Department of Corrections Purchasing Branch issued a sealed bid solicitation for livestock feed procurement for the Wateree River Farm in Rembert, South Carolina. The procurement specifically sought three custom feed formulas: Custom Dairy Lactation Meal (400 US tons), Custom Close Up Dry Meal (70 US tons), and Custom Heifer Pellets (70 US tons), totaling 540 US tons. The contract period was set for October 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, with bi-monthly deliveries scheduled Monday through Friday on a will-call basis. Bidders were required to submit sealed offers with signed cover pages and possess a valid South Carolina vendor number, with unit prices required for each line item. The solicitation mandated exact matching of feed specifications, with no alternate or modified formulations permitted. The bid opening was scheduled for September 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., with award notification planned for September 20, 2022. Usage quantities could fluctuate by plus or minus 25 percent during the contract term, and vendors could not enforce minimum order quantities.

The procurement was issued under Procurement Exemption #7 for livestock feed, rendering it non-protestable. Bidders could claim South Carolina or United States end-product preferences or South Carolina resident vendor preferences if meeting specified requirements. The contract was ultimately awarded to ISE Newberry dba/Newberry Feed, located in Newberry, South Carolina, with a total evaluated and awarded amount of $260,795.40. Line item pricing included $480.66 per ton for Custom Dairy Lactation Meal, $556.05 per ton for Custom Close Up Dry Meal, and $422.97 per ton for Custom Heifer Pellets. The state will not pay sales or use taxes, which must be omitted from pricing. Post-award substitutions were explicitly prohibited. The procurement was categorized under Product Category 32552 (Mixed Feed All Types), with Myrtle DeWerdt serving as the Buyer and Ruthie H. Bishop, CPPB, as the Director of Purchasing for the Department of Corrections.