INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - AMATROL TRAINER

Midlands Technical College's Procurement Department is pursuing a sole source procurement for Amatrol Mechanical Drives Learning Systems from Technical Training Aids, the authorized Amatrol distributor in South Carolina. The procurement involves four specific line items: Mechanical Drives 1 Learning System (Item 970-ME1), a Hand Tool Package (Item 41227), Mechanical Drives 2 Learning System (Item 97-ME2), and a Viscosimeter (Item 18588). The Mechanical Drives 1 system is designed to accommodate two students and includes comprehensive components such as a mobile workstation, motor base package, bearing package, prony brake, shaft and standoffs, rotary power component package, alignment package, gauging package, digital tachometer, toolbox, lockout/tagout kit, and curriculum materials. The Mechanical Drives 2 system expands on the first system by incorporating additional coupling/sprocket, belt, and chain packages along with indicator packages. Vendors interested in competing for these training units were required to submit responses to Rina Drescher at drescherr@midlandstech.edu by 5:00 p.m. on January 27, 2023, with the notice originally posted on January 20, 2023.

The procurement is specific to Amatrol's mechanical drives learning systems, with Technical Training Aids identified as the exclusive authorized distributor in South Carolina. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on responding organizations were explicitly mentioned in the documentation. The estimated total cost for this sole source procurement is $213,000, which covers the four specified line items of training equipment. Midlands Technical College reserves the right to solicit proposals immediately or in the future and does not guarantee that responding vendors will be invited to submit an offer or that any solicitation will occur. The sole source designation is predicated on the requirement for exact, identical training units specific to Amatrol's mechanical drives learning systems. The procurement is focused on Richland County, South Carolina, and is intended to enhance technical training capabilities at Midlands Technical College. While the notice does not specify integration requirements with existing infrastructure, the comprehensive nature of the learning systems suggests they are designed to be standalone training modules.