Poultry feed (OCT. 1 - DEC 31, 2022

The South Carolina Department of Corrections issued a solicitation for poultry feed procurement for the McDougall Farm in Ridgeville, South Carolina, covering the period from October 1 to December 31, 2022. The procurement sought specific feed line items, including 830 US tons of Custom Phase 2 Feed, 1 US ton of Custom Molt Feed, and 80 bags of 50-pound Oyster Shell. Deliveries were to be made will-call on a daily basis, Monday through Friday, with orders placed in 3-ton increments to ensure full loads of approximately 24 tons per delivery. All feed was required to be new and delivered FOB Destination, with strict specifications that no alternate or modified feed formulas would be accepted. The solicitation was originally issued on September 13, 2022, with offers due by September 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., and award notification scheduled for September 20, 2022. Bids were to be evaluated based on lowest responsible and responsive bidder criteria, with unit prices governing over extended prices in the award determination.

The solicitation was issued under Procurement Exemption #7 for Livestock Feed, rendering it non-protestable. Vendors were required to have a state vendor number to submit a bid and could claim South Carolina Resident Vendor Preference or US End-Product Preference if meeting applicable requirements. Notably, the initial procurement was unsuccessful, as no vendor submitted a bid covering all required line items, leading to a non-award determination. The contract allowed for usage fluctuations of plus or minus 25 percent during the contract period, and vendors were prohibited from enforcing minimum order quantities. While specific budget ranges were not disclosed, the substantial volume of feed (830 tons of primary feed) suggests a significant procurement value. The solicitation was managed by buyer Myrtle deWerdt under the direction of Ruthie H. Bishop, CPPB, Director of Purchasing, with plans to re-issue the solicitation at a future date.