COW & heifer (january - june 2025)

The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has issued a Request for Quote (RFQ) for specialized livestock feed procurement for its Agriculture Division, specifically targeting cow and heifer nutrition requirements. The solicitation seeks three distinct custom feed formulas: 720 US tons of Custom Dairy Lactation Meal, 300 US tons of Custom Close Up Dry Meal, and 130 US tons of Custom Heifer Pellets, each with precise ingredient specifications. The procurement is for the Wateree River Farm located in Rembert, SC, with deliveries scheduled on a bi-monthly basis as determined by the farm manager. Responses were due by December 30, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., with an award announcement set for January 2, 2025, and a contract term spanning from January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025. The solicitation requires fixed pricing for the entire contract period, with delivery costs included in the quoted prices, and allows for potential quantity fluctuations of +/- 25% based on farm needs. The procurement is being conducted under Procurement Exemption #7 for Livestock Feed and is explicitly noted as non-protestable.

The contract has been awarded to Cal-Maine Foods of Newberry, SC, with a total evaluated contract value of $499,167.70. The unit pricing includes $416.70 per ton for Custom Dairy Lactation Meal, $512.67 per ton for Custom Close Up Dry Meal, and $348.79 per ton for Custom Heifer Pellets. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on responding organizations were mentioned in the available documentation. Vendors were prohibited from enforcing minimum order quantities, and no alternates or modifications to the stated feed formulas were permitted. The procurement process did not include a mandatory bidders' conference, and all deliveries must be FOB Destination to the Wateree River Farm facility. The solicitation documents indicate that precise adherence to the detailed ingredient compositions for each feed type is mandatory, with measurements specified in pounds per 2,000-pound batch. The procurement contact for this opportunity is Myrtle DeWerdt, with Johanne Sullivan serving as the Interim Procurement Director.