Intent to Sole Source: Incident Alarm System

Agency:	Lexington County School District One
State:	South Carolina
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	63 - Alarm, Signal, and Detection Systems
Posted:	Nov 17, 2023
Due:	Dec 6, 2023
Solicitation No:	SS2024.1
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INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

INCIDENT ALERT SYSTEM

Lexington County School District One

100 Tarrar Springs Road

Lexington, SC 29072

RELEASE DATE: November 17, 2023

RESPONSE DEADLINE: December 6, 2023, 5:00 pm

RESPONSES MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY

TO: emarsh@lexington1.net

Lexington County School District One

GENERAL SOLICITATION

Intent to Sole Source- Incident Alert System

Introduction ..........................................................................................

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Project Details.......................................................................................

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Vendor Submissions..............................................................................

Intent to Sole Source- Incident Alert System

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Summary

Lexington County School District One intends to sole source an incident alert system. This system will be

installed and implemented districtwide.

1.2. Contact Information

ELizabeth Marsh, CPPB, NIGP-CPP

Director of Procurement

100 Tarrar Springs Road

Lexington, SC 29072

Email: emarsh@lexington1.net

Phone: (803) 821-1176

Department:

Procurement

1.3. Timeline

Release Project Date November 17, 2023

Submission Deadline December 06, 2023, 5:00pm

Contractor Selection Date December 07, 2023

Intent to Sole Source- Incident Alert System

2. PROJECT DETAILS

2.1. Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal

Lexington County School District One provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source

contract per Lexington County School District One Code section 2105 with a Vendor for the following

services:

An incident alert system which includes push button badges, beacons and strobes. The system will be

installed and implemented districtwide. This service is unique and one of a kind.

2.2. Scope of Work or Project Details

Safety continues to be paramount at Lexington County School District One. Part of our safety initiatives

is the need for an incident alert system. The District is seeking to contract with Centegix for their

CrisisAlert system. Centegix is the sole provider for the CrisisAlert system and holds all rights to the

solution and all related products. This system will be installed at 38 locations in the district.

The basis for intended sole source includes:

1. A wearable badge which will instantly alert staff (individually or school wide) and emergency

responders in the event of a crisis.

2. The comprehensive system will include intercoms, data network (mesh), strobes, and desktop alerts.

Multi-sensory notification including a PA system integration, color-coded strobes that are mapped to

the district's protocols utilizing various colors.

3. Secure blue tooth network wireless technology which is undetectable by third party phone or

computers.

4. Wireless mesh network, with beacons, which would allow for a wire free solutions. No alterations to

physical structures or electrical wiring will be required.

5. Automation software, using a mesh network, to validate facility wide coverage and incident location

data including multi-floor, room-level accuracy.

Intent to Sole Source- Incident Alert System

3. VENDOR SUBMISSIONS

3.1. Intent to Sole Source Requirement*

Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with

the intended award or award of this sole source contract, shall notify the Chief Financial Officer,and

Director of Procurement, in writing of its intent to protest within ten (10) business days of the date this

notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is

aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract and has timely

notified the Chief Financial Officer,and Director of Procurement, of its intent to protest, may protest to

the appropriate Chief Financial Officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date

this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation

may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.

A protest must be in writing, filed with the Chief Financial Officer,and Director of Procurement, and set

forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the

issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the Chief Financial Officer, and Director of

Procurement, within the time provided above.

Any notice of intent to protest and protest must be addressed to the Chief Financial Officer,Jennifer

Miller, jmiller@lexington1.net and, Director of Procurement, Elizabeth

Marsh,emarsh@lexington1.net

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