Poultry feed (january - june 2024)

The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for poultry feed procurement for its Agriculture Division, covering the period from January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024. The solicitation seeks three specific custom feed formulations: 200 tons of Custom Prelay Feed, 2,200 tons of Custom Phase 1 through 2 Feed, and 1 ton of Custom Molt Feed to be delivered to McDougall Farm in Ridgeville, South Carolina. The procurement is a will-call contract with multiple daily deliveries scheduled Monday through Friday, with orders placed in 3-ton increments to ensure full loads of approximately 24 tons per delivery. Deliveries are F.O.B. destination, and all feed must be new and meet exact specifications with no alternates or modifications allowed. The sealed offer submission deadline is January 2, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., with award notification to be posted on January 3, 2024. Evaluation will focus on the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, with unit pricing required for each feed formulation and pricing to remain fixed for the entire contract duration.

The solicitation is processed under Procurement Exemption #7 for Livestock Feed, making it non-protestable. Vendors must maintain a current South Carolina vendor number and certify compliance with various requirements, including independent price determination, debarment status, drug-free workplace, and ethics standards. South Carolina end-product and resident vendor preferences are available if properly claimed and documented. The contract has been awarded to ISE Newberry dba/Newberry Feed, located in Newberry, South Carolina, with a total potential contract amount of $955,829.70. Pricing is set at $375.09 per ton for Custom Prelay Feed, $400.22 per ton for Custom Phase 1 through 2 Feed, and $327.70 per ton for Custom Molt Feed. The contract allows for usage fluctuation of plus or minus 25 percent during the performance period, and the vendor cannot enforce or require a minimum order amount. Contractors must accept payment via South Carolina Purchasing Card and comply with electronic funds transfer (EFT) requirements.