Poultry feed (JAN-june 2023)

The South Carolina Department of Corrections Purchasing Branch issued a solicitation for custom poultry feed procurement for McDougall Farm, covering the period from January 1, 2023, through June 30, 2023. The procurement encompasses four specific feed types: Custom Prelay Feed (170 tons), Custom Phase 1 Feed (570 tons), Custom Phase 2 Feed (1,500 tons), and Custom Molt Feed (1 ton, designated as potential use). Deliveries will be made daily on a will-call basis, Monday through Friday, in 3-ton increments to ensure full truck loads of approximately 24 tons per delivery to the farm located in Ridgeville, SC. The solicitation opened on December 9, 2022, with offers due on December 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., and award notification was scheduled for December 16, 2022. Evaluation criteria focused on identifying the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, with unit prices taking precedence over extended prices. Vendors were required to submit sealed offers with a completed cover page and Page Two signed by an authorized representative, providing exact feed formulation specifications with no alternative formulations or substitutions permitted.

The procurement was issued under Procurement Exemption #7 for livestock feed, rendering it non-protestable. Vendors could claim South Carolina resident vendor preference, South Carolina end-product preference, or United States end-product preference by line item, subject to meeting statutory requirements and certification of eligibility. All items must be new and delivered FOB Destination, with risk of loss transferring to the state upon delivery. Vendors were required to be registered with the state and comply with procurement regulations, including certification regarding debarment, drug-free workplace requirements, ethics compliance, and independent price determination. The contract was ultimately awarded to ISE Newberry dba/Newberry Feed, located in Newberry, South Carolina, for a total contract value of $1,028,220.53. Unit prices for the different feed types ranged from $400.13 to $471.97 per ton, with specific pricing as follows: Custom Prelay Feed at $441.75 per ton, Custom Phase 1 Feed at $471.97 per ton, Custom Phase 2 Feed at $455.80 per ton, and Custom Molt Feed at $400.13 per ton.