Opportunity Overview
Diagnostic Equipment-School Bus (COTS), Solicitation 2627-02MJ, is an open South Carolina school-district procurement issued by Horry County Schools. The District is soliciting quotes from qualified vendors to provide school-bus diagnostic equipment in accordance with the complete solicitation requirements.
Deadline and Contact
The official South Carolina Business Opportunities notice lists responses due September 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The notice does not state a timezone, so Atlas does not infer one. The procurement contact is Maurice Jackson at mjackson@horrycountyschools.net and 843-488-6929. No pre-bid conference is listed.
Vendor Requirements and Submission
The SCBO advertisement identifies this as a commercial-off-the-shelf diagnostic-equipment procurement and directs vendors to the Horry County Schools BidNet Direct record for complete requirements. The public notice does not publish the contract ceiling, exact equipment schedule, warranty requirements, approved-equivalent rules, registrations, insurance, references, forms or complete submission mechanics. The current BidNet solicitation and any issued addenda control those requirements.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 38/100. This is a legitimate school-district procurement with a clear operational need, but it is fleet-maintenance equipment rather than instructional, healthcare or clinical technology.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. School-bus diagnostic equipment has no legitimate remote physical examination, vitals, telehealth, diagnostics-for-patients or clinical-encounter fit.
QC Healthcare Fit: 0/100. No healthcare staffing or clinical-service requirement is established.
Direct-vendor disposition: no pursuit absent independently verified automotive/school-bus diagnostic-equipment reseller capability matching the controlling specifications.