The Department of Health and Environmental Control's Procurement Services Division is located at 301 Gervais St., Columbia, S.C. 29201-3073. Procurement Services may be reached at (803) 898-3501 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except for official holidays. Procurement Services' fax number is (803) 898-3505.
Solicitations and Awards
DHEC uses the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS) for its purchasing activities, including solicitations and awards. Solicitations and awards for DHEC, and other S.C. agencies and entities using SCEIS, can be found in the Contracting Opportunities area. You will also find South Carolina Business Opportunities (SCBO), which advertises solicitations from all agencies with an expected value of $25,000 or greater.
Purchasing Card Transactions
The SC Comptroller General's Office provides detailed charge card usage reports for all participating state agencies. The Purchasing Card program includes limited-use charge cards issued under a contract between state government and Bank of America. The state-wide monthly reports can be found at: https://cg.sc.gov/fiscal-transparency/monthly-charge-card-usage
Internal Authority
The South Carolina State Fiscal Accountability Authority (SFAA) has certified DHEC to make direct procurements subject to compliance with the Consolidated Procurement Code and Regulations not to exceed for each procurement transaction the dollar amounts listed below:
- Drugs, biologicals for human use, contraceptives, biochemicals and biochemical research = $12,000,000
- Information Technology = $225,000
- Consultant Services = $250,000
- All other supplies and Services = $2,000,000
Procurement Personnel
DHEC Procurement Staff, authorized to make purchases on behalf of DHEC include:
| Tripp Clark, Procurement Director | (803) 898-3485 |
| Becky Nichols, Asst. Procurement Director | (803) 898-1262 |
| Matt Winslow, CPPB, Quality Assurance | (803) 898-3487 |
| Complex Procurements | |
| Lisa Roland, Team Lead | (803) 898-0533 |
| Anita Blount | (803) 898-2698 |
| Whitney Carswell | (803) 898-3472 |
| Laura Cravens | (803) 898-3482 |
| Johnny Harleston | (803) 898-8054 |
| Deb Inabinet | (803) 898-3481 |
| Amber Kerr | (803) 898-3484 |
| Trey Shealy | (803) 898-3471 |
| Shannon Hicks | |
| Small Procurements, Public Health & Healthcare Quality | |
| Julie Scott, Team Lead | (803) 898-0517 |
| Krystal Glover | (803) 898-3488 |
| Brandi Harmon | (803) 898-0523 |
| Sandra Porter | (803) 898-0314 |
| Small Procurements, Environmental Affairs & Administration | |
| Tranee Dinkins, Team Lead | (803) 898-3509 |
| Robin Kinlaw | (803) 898-0528 |
| Ashley Martin | (803) 898-1241 |
| Michelle Marks | (803) 898-3513 |
Procurement Advertisements
Procurement-related advertisements which exceed the SCBO space limitations (see "Solicitations & Awards" above) will be posted below.
| Files | Date Added | Description |
|---|---|---|
| September 20, 2023 | DHEC is seeking a qualified vendor to provide molecular testing of certain abnormal hemoglobinopathy specimens for newborns screened by the DHEC Public Health Laboratory. | |
| September 12, 2023 | DHEC is seeking a qualified vendor to provide a proven, previously developed educational campaign on stillbirth prevention directed at pregnant women, and that is ready for immediate implementation at the statewide level. This campaign must be supported by an evidence-based approach. | |
| September 7, 2023 | DHEC intends to procure licensing renewals for the continuation of FitnessGram® web-based software site licenses. | |
| September 1, 2023 | DHEC is seeking a qualified vendor to provide original equipment manufacturers (OEM) maintenance kits for four (4) Teledyne instruments used for T100U, T200U, T300U, and T400 monitors, along with OEM consumables for those monitors and T640/T640x monitors. | |
| September 1, 2023 | DHEC is seeking qualified vendors to provide new OEM supplies for repairing Thermo instruments used to monitor criteria pollutants in the ambient air, and to maintain NAAQS compliance monitoring and grant commitments. | |
| August 31, 2023 | DHEC intends to procure, as a sole source from the University of Georgia, arthropod testing and bird brain/oral/cloacal swab testing services for the DHEC Laboratory. | |
| August 31, 2023 | DHEC is seeking a qualified vendor to provide OraSure OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test Kits 25 Count, Item No. 1001-0181, and OraQuick HCV Control Kits, Item No. 1001-0182. | |
| August 22, 2023 | DHEC seeks offers for a one-time purchase of specialty paper. | |
| August 11, 2023 | DHEC intends to procure one (1) year service for a SCIEX QTRAP 5500 Mass Spectrometer and a SCIEX Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer. | |
| August 8, 2023 | DHEC intends to procure one (1) year maintenance contract, Silver Level Extended Return-to-Factory Warranty, for ORTEC mobile gamma detectors. | |
| June 23, 2023 | DHEC intends to procure monthly monitoring services for the digital temperature monitoring system located at DHEC's Public Health Laboratory. | |
| June 21, 2023 |
DHEC is seeking information in anticipation of a potential future purchase of a cloud-based Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The Request for Information (RFI) document is posted below and dated June 7, 2023. This new posting is Amendment 1 to the RFI. It lists all questions received from vendors by the deadline and answers to each question. Responses to the RFI are due July 7, 2023. Earlier submissions are welcomed. |
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| June 19, 2023 | DHEC is seeking qualified vendors to provide Cystic Fibrosis (CF) reagent kits using newborn heel-stick specimens for CF DNA mutations. | |
| June 13, 2023 | DHEC is seeking qualified vendors to provide a full-service preventive maintenance plan for an existing Biomerieux Vitek MS instrument, which is specifically designed to identify mycobacteria in clinical isolates for DHEC’s Mycobacteriology Laboratory. | |
| June 12, 2023 | DHEC intends to procure renewal services for the maintenance, operations, and development and enhancements of new applications for DHEC Public Health Laboratory’s (PHL) existing Rhapsody licenses and Communication Points for Staging Environment. | |
| June 7, 2023 | DHEC is seeking information in anticipation of a potential future purchase of a cloud-based Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). This LIMS should handle all clinical, environmental, and advanced molecular workflows for a high-volume state public health laboratory (PHL) while meeting the goals of CDC data modernization initiatives. This is not a solicitation or a contractual document; the intent is for market research and to gather information for a future request for proposal. Questions are due June 20, 2023 and responses are due July 7, 2023. | |
| June 1, 2023 | DHEC intends to procure one-year service plan coverage for multiple Agilent Technologies Gas Chromatography/Data System/AutoSampler Systems, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer/Data System/AutoSampler Systems, associated instrument software and hardware support, and unlimited technical support. |
If you have any questions or comments about the information found on this page, please contact Tripp Clark.