Inaccordance with the Sole Source section 11-35-1560 listed in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, the College of Charleston is announcing the intent to procure Ellucian Analytics Essentials as a sole source procurement for a three year period.

The College currently utilizes the Ellucian ERP, and therefore the Ellucian Analytics software is required  for compatibility and seamless integration into our Ellucian environment.

Bidder right to protest as listed in the section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this intent to sole source.

Protest to be filed with:

Chief Procurement Officer

Mterials Management Office

1201 Main Street, Suite 600

Columbia , SC 29201

Facsimile: 803-737-0639

E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

Winthrop University (Winthrop) Teacher Education Program seeks to establish a residency program that can be financially sustained and achieve long-term effectiveness in recruiting, preparing, and retaining teachers in South Carolina (SC). Key to the ability to grow high-quality residencies in SC is the question of their affordability and sustainability. Few people can afford to spend a year, unpaid, learning to teach. Building high-quality programs that SC's potential future teachers cannot afford to attend will not help address the teacher shortage, teacher diversity, and teacher quality challenges the State faces. The project, to be successful beyond the term of the grant, needs to help partnerships develop sustainable resources so candidates receive a stipend to live on while learning to teach so that they can attract strong future teachers into their new residency programs. To meet partners’ needs to identify sustainable resources for their residencies, NetSERVE identified four key services that the project would need:

• The development and leadership of a task force that can guide cross-site explorations of sustainability pathways that meets quarterly to assess progress on annual goals, timelines, and milestones for achieving a minimum sustainability target of 40% of residents’ stipends coming from sustainable sources;
• Direct support for district leaders to develop local sustainable funding plans for the residency;
• Research on aspiring teachers’ financial barriers to engaging in high-quality residency preparation; and
• An annual Sustainable Residency Conference to disseminate and support adoption of resource reallocation, cost reduction, and investment strategies for sustainably funded residencies.

Only one group in the nation focuses directly on the financial sustainability of residency programs—Prepared To Teach: Sustainable Funding for Quality teacher Preparation. Housed at Bank Street College and focused on this issue for four years, Prepared To Teach has led the nation’s awareness of the issue of candidates’ financial burdens. They have built the models that programs and districts are now using to find sustainable resources for residencies so that quality programs can exist regardless of grant funding. They are the national experts on this topic, leading keynotes and featured panels at national conferences, serving as the experts for reporters and policymakers on the question of teacher residency sustainability, developing the research needed to grow sustainably funded residencies, and facilitating partnerships’ work to find sustainable funding sources. No other group does this work. It is the intent of Winthrop to sole source these services in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B) (5) where the item is one of a kind. Estimated value: $475,000 for the period 1/1/20 – 9/30/24.  

If you are aggrieved in connection with the award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within 7 business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date the award notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. See clause entitled “Protest-CPO”. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decidedAny protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

Pantheon for a cloud-based platform for hosting and managing the college’s public website(s) with the capabilities indicated in the link below for base year with four one-year options.

Clemson University requires an academic instution in Barcelona that can provide both Architecture and Landscape students a semester long program for approx 20 students that can provide proven architeture programming and easy access to other European cities.  It must offer a studio classroom setting with acess to equipment such as LCD projectors, internet, computer lab and drafting tables for each student.  The Barcelona Architectural Center is the only supplier that meets these requirements and will allow program to be customized to meet CU's requirements. No other supplier can offer such a program.  For these reasons, Clemson University wishes to sole source this procurement, which totals 174,459.51.

Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of a procurement.

Protest to be filed with:
Chief Procurement Officer
Materials Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

Clemson University intends to sole source the  services of Professor-in-Residence at the School of Architecture's off-campus center in Genoa, Italy during the 2019/2020 academic year - PiR is employed by CAF.  Clemson University has an agreement/Memorandum of Understanding signed August 19, 2010 by the President of Clemson University and the President of the Clemson Advancement Foundation, and updated on June 3, 2019, whereby the CAF will support Clemson administratively for work and administrative contracts required at the Genoa, Italy facility. Due to the remote location of this facility, a vendor was required to maintain the location and cover program operations, and the CAF is the only vendor that can fulfill this contract. There is no other school or vendor that can coordinate this program overseas on behalf of the University. For these reasons, Clemson University is requesting a sole source at a total price of $76,794.19

Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of a procurement.

Protest to be filed with:
Chief Procurement Officer
Materials Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

Clemson University intends to sole source the purchase of the Navience College & Career Readiness Platform.  This purchase is to be sole sourced because it is believed this can only be provided by Hobson's Inc as they are the owner of the application and of the CollegeView.com webite which it runs on.  The total price of all equipment to be ordered is this contract is $175,000, which includes the application, programming, and website access.
Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of an emergency procurement.
Protest to be filed with:
Chief Procurement Officer
Materials Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

Winthrop University (Winthrop) is seeking qualified contractors to provide student engagement and event attendance tracking software. Requirements include but shall not be limited to: 1) Mobile event check-in utilizing a mobile device camera (iOS or Android) and a university I.D. that verifies the identity and enrollment of the student in real time, 2) Mobile Polls – upon mobile check-in the software allows event organizers to prompt attendees to answer multiple choice polls right on the check-in device, 3) Mobile Waiver Signing – in the same way as mobile polls, attendees checking in can be presented with a waiver as their card is scanned on the check-in device by reading the text and signing with their finger, 4) Mobile Events App – a Winthrop branded student events app that is searchable in the Apple App Store or Google Play store utilizing the university’s name which requires no login and shows all public events in the system allowing students to add those events right to their personal calendars and set reminders, 5) a device that doesn’t force students into a faux social network and helps keep uninvolved students engaged. To the best of our knowledge, Presence is the only contractor capable of providing a product offering these specific features. Estimated contract value: $ 50,000 for three years. Contractors capable of providing the software as specified should contact the buyer indicated herein. Unless otherwise suspended or canceled, Winthrop may enter into a contract for these products as a sole source. Contractor should not perform work on or incur any costs associated with this notice prior to the receipt of a purchase order. Winthrop assumes no liability for any expenses incurred prior to issuance of a purchase order.

If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

Clemson University intends to sole source a study abroad program for the Political Science Department. The department requires a supplier to provide a study abroad program that utilizes professors to teach the customized courses of European Politics, International Economy, Foreign Policy and Theories of International Relations through the University of Belgrade. The instructors provided through Belgrade are the only qualified faculty to teach these customized courses which meet Clemson University requirements. Impala is the only supplier that can offer this program for Political Science Study Abroad that meets these requirements. For these reasons, Clemson University is requesting a sole source at a total price of $66.607.00

Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of a procurement.

Protest to be filed with:
Chief Procurement Officer
Materials Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

Pantheon cloud-based platform for hosting and managing the college’s public website(s) with the capabilities indicated in the link below.

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Information Solutions in accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, intends to award without competition, a sole source contract to Ellucian Incorporated.

Information Solutions is requesting the yearly renewal of software and partner renewal of MUSC Enterprise Term License Agreement. The yearly maintenance covers ESSA Software.

The ESSA Software covers our existing portal software which is an electronic repository for curriculum vitae for all faculties of all the colleges of MUSC. This database application allows us to format the data that is required for the colleges as well as standard curriculum vitae format for MUSC. Ellucian, Inc., (formerly Datatel) is the manufacturer and has no distributors for their software.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide these services must notify the Procurement Officer at seabrokv@musc.edu no later than December 17, 2019, (12:00 a.m. EST). Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Procurement Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019)

If you are aggrieved in connection with the solicitation or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest a solicitation, you must submit a protest within fifteen days of the date the applicable solicitation document is issued. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date the award notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. See clause entitled “Protest-CPO”. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. [02-2A085-2]

Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 601, Columbia, SC 29201

The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking qualified vendors to provide modules for the expansion of Palmetto, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division’s Common Operating Picture Platform.  Requirements include, but are not limited to, creating applications for executive summary report generator; point of dispensing/medical counter measures for inventory reporting; tracking of DHEC and licensed facility services; modifying Palmetto’s healthcare search widget to include facility type, NDMS participant by type, and filtering options; tracking medical needs of Emergency Medical Services patient while in transportation; tracking the capabilities of DHEC monitored facilities; mobile device support; training, maintenance and support.  The total estimated dollar amount of the one-year project is $109,915.

PROTESTS:

If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

SCDOR procured Gentax Tax Management System (DOR WAY) from Fast Enterprises in 2014. The Gentax System has several additional modules available that SCDOR did not procure initially, but that allow SCDOR to make better use of the system in necessary ways. Moreover, SCDOR has identified one of the modules as fulfilling an agency need; specifically, an Advanced Fraud Detection solution. The Advanced Fraud-Detection System module offered by Fast is an add-on module to the Gentax system. It is the only Advanced Fraud-Detection System that SCDOR could implement seamlessly without an overhaul or reintegration of the agency's Tax Management Systems. Therefore, because SCDOR currently utilizes the Gentax Tax Management System from Fast Enterprises, and SCDOR has a need for Advanced Fraud-Detection, a Sole Source contract is needed for the Advanced Fraud-Detection System module.

Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this Intent to Sole Source.
Protest to be filed with:
Chief Procurement Officer
Information Technology Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

In accordance with the Section 11-35-1560 of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code and in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 it is the intent of the South Carolina Housing Finance and Development Authority to procure as a sole source procurement from Greenwood360. Greenwood360 will provide Alita Software which they have used in multiple state housing authorities for data migration and retention thus meeting a U.S. Treasury requirement of retaining data for three (3) years under the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund. The cost of this project is a one-time purchase of $142,800.00.

PROTESTS: If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

In accordance with the Section 11-35-1560 of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code and in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 it is the intent of the South Carolina Housing Finance and Development Authority to procure as a sole source procurement from Greenwood360. Greenwood360 will proivde Alita Software which they have used in multiple state housing authorities for data migration and retention thus meeting a U.S. Treasury requirement of retaining data for three (3) years under the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund. The cost of this project is $700,000.00 for a 3-year period.

PROTESTS: If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

Winthrop University (Winthrop) is seeking qualified contractors to provide a student transfer enrollment solution available only from EAB Global Inc. (EAB). Estimated value: $183,000, Estimated contract term: 1/1/20 - 12/31/23. EAB’s Transfer Portal is a transfer enrollment solution, not merely a degree equivalency evaluation tool. To the best of our knowledge, the following essential functions of the Transfer Portal are not available elsewhere: 1) EAB’s Transfer Portal is built with proprietary technology that generates a school-specific degree audit based on previous coursework & applies this to Winthrop’s degrees & majors to generate progress to degree estimations for multiple degrees. Students receive personalized degree recommendations based on which degrees they are closest to completing. 2) Integrated labor data provides students with information on careers related to majors; reinforcing the value of transferring & helping students make major selection decisions that are informed by workforce goals, supporting degree completion; 3) The Transfer Portal captures unique information about Winthrop & provides it to students to facilitate successful completion of the transfer process; including a personalized checklist of admissions events & deadlines based on target major, enrollment term, & estimated # of credits along with the ability for students to track their progress, including a consolidated list of institutional resources; 4)The Transfer Portal includes admissions counselor workflow capabilities designed to optimize transfer admissions processes. These capabilities support the comprehensive scope of transfer admissions responsibilities, including communications, equivalency tracking, and analytics; a comprehensive set of capabilities for addressing the full scope of transfer enrollment; 5) Consulting is provided with the Transfer Portal to optimize processes, strategy, and data. Consulting is based on EAB proprietary best practices research and is essential to providing holistic transfer enrollment support, as it allows Winthrop to maximize the impact of its transfer strategy using this technology; 6) EAB has declared that they are the sole and full owner and manufacturer of the research and insights, customized data analytics, and the suite of support services provided through the Transfer Portal; there are no authorized agents or resellers of any of these product or services. These products are not available through any other entities. Unless otherwise suspended or canceled, Winthrop may enter into a contract for these services. Contractor should not perform work on or incur any costs associated with this notice prior to the receipt of a purchase order. Winthrop assumes no liability for any expenses incurred prior to issuance of a purchase order. PROTESTS (MAY 2019) If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov  or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

It is the intent of Oconee County, SC to sole source the procurement of the Reconstruction / Rebuild of a Structure / House at the Foothills Farmstead Site to Old Oakway Architectural Salvage (OOAS) of Westminster, SC in the amount of $79,500.00.

Old Oakway Architectural Salvage originally disassembled the farmhouse, photographing and numbering each section / piece of the house. OOAS removed the disassembled, numbered pieces from the original home site and stored them in a dry protected storage facility.

Old Oakway Architectural Salvage’s knowledge of the project and the numbering system used during the disassembling of the structure renders them uniquely suited to provide the services requested.

PROTESTS: If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Oconee County Procurement Director, and submitted in writing by post or delivery to: 415 South Pine Street, Walhalla, SC 29691.

The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking qualified vendors to provide modules for the expansion of Palmetto, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division’s Common Operating Picture Platform.  Requirements include, but are not limited to, creating applications for executive summary report generator; point of dispensing/medical counter measures for inventory reporting; tracking of DHEC and licensed facility services; modifying Palmetto’s healthcare search widget to include facility type, NDMS participant by type, and filtering options; tracking medical needs of Emergency Medical Services patient while in transportation; tracking the capabilities of DHEC monitored facilities; mobile device support; training, maintenance and support.  The total estimated dollar amount of the one-year project is $172,785.

PROTESTS:  If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

Clemson requires specific research related functions (technology transfer, economic development, startup incubation, licensing of continuing ed programs and related services) to be performed by a 3rd party due to current limitations restricting/prohibiting Clemson from adequately doing so under current law (e.g. choice of law, prohibition to holding of equity, contracting for patenting services, indemnification, financing, access to funds not available to public entities, etc...). For certain functions, federal requirements under Bayh-Dole Act require a close connection between any external research foundation and the University. Further, these services must be closely aligned with the Universities goals which would be impossible with any for profit supplier that by definition would have conflicting goals. Currently CURF as a 509(a)(3) not-for-profit is the only entity structured to support the University in this direct manner and thus this contract is a sole source procurement.  The total purchase price is $290,654.00.  Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of an emergency procurement.Protest to be filed with:

Chief Procurement Officer,
MMO/ITMO 1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

In accordance with section 11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code and  in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B) (5) it is the intent of Horry-Georgetown Technical College to award without competition a sole source contract where the services can only be provided by one vendor. HGTC would like to enter into a contract to hire a specific speaker through All American Entertainment, for it's 2020 Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series.

BrainVision CoreAmplifier System include, acticap slim 32-channel bundle kit, acticap snap cap, 128 channels, acticap, captrak handheld electrode position scanning system

SCDOT intends to award a Sole Source Contract to procure the Calibration on a Dynatest unit from Dynatest North America. Inc.  See attachment for full details.

SCDOT intends to award a Sole Source Contract for Lightweight Aggregate from Carolina Stalite Co. The duration will be from July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.  See attachment for full information.

Clemson intends to sole source the purhcase of a full spectrum near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer from Foss NA as their DS2500 is the only one capable of scanning for a wavelength range of 400-2500nm with a scan every 0.5nm with a wavelength accuracy of 0.01, requirements which are required to meet specific research objectives.