In accordance with the requirements of Section 11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, the Department of Social Services intends to issue a sole source procurement to Fresh Baby, LLC for copyrighted materials. The basis for this sole source is that there are no other agents or dealers authorized to represent these products. Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this notice to award a sole source procurement.

Given a current major event that prevents us from being on campus, the University of South Carolina (UofSC) is seeking to sole source continued cable services from Campus Televideo (d/b/a Apogee) for one year.  The UofSC cable television infrastructure is maintained by the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and serves the university community on the Columbia campus. The campus would experience an extended disruption of service, while making the transition without proper coordination.

In accordance with the requirements of Section 11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, York Technical College intends to issue a sole source procurement to Johnson Controls Fire Protection. The basis for this sole source is to upgrade fire alarm panels (computer and software) in two buildings. This service is specialized and integrates with the current monitoring system provided by Johnson Controls Fire Protection used campus-wide. There are no other vendors that can provide this service as the product is a proprietary system of JCI and must be maintained and supported by them.  Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this notice to award a sole source procurement.

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 proved 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 must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Materials 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.

In accordance with the requirements of Section 11-35-1570 (B) of the SC Consolidated Procuement Code, Clemson University is providing notice of a sole source procurement to Ilumina Inc. for a MiniSeq sequencing system with 12 month parts labor warranty and MiniSeq Silver support plan. The estimated value of this equipment, warranty and support is $56,290, and $1,980 for shipping for a total of $58,270.00. The basis for this sole source procurement is the Illumina NovaSeq instrument that we currently use would be too powerful, and, because of limitations involving unique labeling for multiple samples, would not be able to load Novaseq cells with sufficient samples to make it cost effective. The Miniseq, due to equipment compatibility with the NovaSeq, can also be used for quality control of our genomic “libraries” before running them on the Novaseq, thereby improving accuracy and saving money by reducing the need to repeat expensive sequencing. We, therefore, require an instrument that is made by the same manufacturer as the Novaseq, and is fully compatible with our current instrumentation, and the Illumina Miniseq is the only sequencer of the sort required that is. Also, Illumina equipment is not sold by any other distributor or reseller and must be purchased directly from Illumina. For these reasons, this is a sole source. Bidders right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this notice to award an emergency procurement.

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, Construction, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-ose@mmo.state.sc.us , or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

In accordance with the Emergency Procurement section 11-35-1570 listed in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement, the College of Charleston is announcing the intent to procure eLearning software from LinkedIn Corp. as an emergency procurement.

The CofC is in the early stages of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and all academic content is being moved online in order to continue providing instruction to our students, faculty and staff. Providing teaching resources for our students, assigned by the faculty, is critical for success. Much of CofC’s instruction has occurred in a traditional format and is nearly impossible for us to replicate, design, create and electronically deliver on our own in a short amount of time. As it relates to our faculty and staff almost all of our technology instruction has been traditionally delivered. Linkedln eLeaming can provide structured comprehensive on-demand learning content for our students, faculty and staff as we deal with the Corona virus pandemic and allow classes to be delivered on-line.

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

Materials Management Office

1201 Main Street, Suite 600

Columbia, SC 29201

Facsimile: 803-737-0639

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

The College currently utilizes the Ellucian ERP and this procurment integrates well with Ellucian software products.

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) intends to purchase a license to report Lexile® and Quantile® measures for the 2020-21  and 2021-22 school year. The license will be purchased from Metametrics, Inc., of Durham, North Carolina.

The data files for statewide assessments include student Lexile and Quantiles scores. Under the Consolidated State Plan as approved on May 3, 2018, these scores are included in accountability calculations.

This notice is be posted in the South Carolina Business Opportunities (SCBO) as required by SC Code 11-35-1560.

This Notice of Intent to Sole Source is to determine the availability of vendors able to provide the requested supplies and services. Please send responses via e-mail to SC Department of Education, Attn.: Elsie Montgomery, Procurement Director, EMontgomery@ed.sc.gov for this Intent to Sole Source no later than 5:00 PM on April 15, 2020.

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, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing:

(a) by email to: protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us

(b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Associate Provost for Research in accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, intends to award without competition, a five (5) year sole source contract to Key Solutions, Incorporated (KSI) to provide annual software maintenance.

MUSC Associate Provost for Research is requesting the renewal of their preventative annual maintenance of the eProtocol software licensed to MUSC for electronic protocol review of animal and biological research. This research is conducted by MUSC scientist and reviewed by the regulatory review committee. KSI is the sole vendor for maintenance licensing of this software as this is proprietary 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 brownbr@musc.edu no later than April 16, 2020, (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 Citadel, Office of the Provost, intends to sole source to Mongoose Research to utilize Recruitment/Retention texting platform in order to personalize the engagement of prospective high school and transfer students as well as our currently enrolled students for a base year with four one-year options.

SC DEW is conducting an emergency procurement of Call Center Services to supplement DEW's Contact Center call intake due to the influx of an unprecedented number of inquiries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking qualified vendors to provide one Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph System with Auto-sampler, Workstation, Monitor, Printer, and MSD Masshunter Software Subscription, to perform drinking water analysis utilizing USEPA methodology. The system identified herein must allow for interchange of consumables, parts, sharing software and licensing, and be compatible in methodology with existing Agilent GC and GC/MS systems currently in operation at DHEC Environmental Health Laboratory. The total estimated dollar amount of the purchase including installation, peripherals, and script development for auto-sampler is $76,520.

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, Materials 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.

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Department of Engineering & Facilities (E&F) in accordance with §11-35-1570 (B) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, and in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2110 is announcing the award of an emergency procurement to Nalco Chemical Company. MUSC expects this emergency to last no longer than January 31, 2021.

MUSC Department of E&F is requesting to contract services for water treatment and chemicals with Nalco Chemical Company. The current extension expired January 31, 2019. State Fiscal Accountability Authority (SFAA) is currently working on a solicitation(Shopping Cart 2001689644)for a new contract. In the meantime, MUSC Enterprise must continue the services of Nalco Chemical Company. It is critical, as well as detrimental to the daily operational function of the MUSC Enterprise to have the water treatment services maintained.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Telephone responses will not be accepted.

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.

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, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest- mmo@mmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Education and Student Support in accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, intends to award without competition, a three (3) year sole source contract to Campus Labs, Inc. to provide a course evaluation system, student engagement management platform, and system to connect all of this data for students at MUSC.

MUSC requires a product that encompasses an all-in-one solution of the following required needs:

1. Have a course evaluation tool, student engagement management platform, and analytics platform all in one solution
2. Integrate into our student information system, Datatel Colleague Ellucian
3. Integrate into our learning management system, Blackboard Open LMS
4. Import and host historical course evaluation data from our existing system to create longitudinal reports with future data collection
5. Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)2 implementation with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) single sign-on capabilities
6. Responsive design adhering to Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 guidelines
7. All data entering the solution must be owned by MUSC
8. Role-based user permissions for data and information security throughout the solution
9. Dashboards for ease of use
10. Decentralized management for flexibility with each college

Protests: Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement. Protests must be in writing to: 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 and Environmental Control is seeking qualified vendors to provide miscellaneous water/microbiology and wastewater testing supplies.

For full details, please visit the link below.

Notice of Emergency Procurement

THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

The SC Department of Corrections is currently facing a correctional officer shortage of (876) officers. Our Recruiting division is understaffed and now with the COVID-19 pandemic we are now in a crisis and need an immediate resolution to our situation.  With the closing of many businesses and unemployment up 400% in SC there are recruiting opportunities available now for which SCDC does not have the staff to engage.

MUSC College of Pharmacy is requesting to purchase WA Associates Board Review Course and Review Materials. This review course and review materials will be used to prepare students within the MUSC College of Pharmacy for the required National Pharmacy Exam. This exam is a key standard from our accrediting body the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE). This service is necessary for our students to meet accreditation standards and WA Associates is the only company that will review and prepare students on the standards. This allows us to reliably and accurately assess and prepare our students for Pharmacy Boards. The review materials will be used to evaluate exam preparedness and ability of our students to meet Board of Pharmacy Standards. In addition to ACPE standards that accredit our College, our students must meet standards developed by the Board of Pharmacy to become a Pharmacist.

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Office of 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 Kronos Inc.

Information Solutions is requesting the renewal of the Kronos Time Clocks Software Maintenance. Kronos is the manufacturer of these time clocks and has no distributors. Only Kronos is authorized to do any type of maintenance, repairs, replacement, upgrades or sell Kronos time clocks.

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 April 9, 2020, (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, Materials 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

The Be Pro Be Proud project is a partnership between the SC Department of Employment and Workforce and the Associated Industries of South Carolina. Be Pro Be Proud is an initiative to bring a new generation of professionals to South Carolina’s skilled trades. The concept is a tractor trailer will have modules installed for certain trades. The modules will allow students to have a hands on experience with these particular jobs via virtual reality.

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, Materials 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.

The Darla Moore School of Business (DMSB) Graduate Division has used the software application ApplyYourself and Connect CRM system since 2008. A contract has recently been awarded to TargetX for this software application, but it is not fully implemented. Until the system is fully operational, DMSB Graduate Division will need to continue to use the current software application, ApplyYourself and Connect CRM, until TargetX has been fully implemented. DMSB  contacted TargetX to get a timeline for implantation. TargetX recommended that DMSB Graduate Division should continue to use the current system.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking qualified vendors to provide a one-year contract for BioFire Diagnostics FilmArray Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel Kits and Respiratory (R2) Panel Kits to be used with the existing BioFire Diagnostics FilmArray System in the Virology and Rabies Laboratory of DHEC’s Public Health Laboratory. These kits will be ordered on an as-needed basis. The total estimated dollar amount of this contract is $50,000.00.

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, Materials 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.

2197523573088739. qualified vendors should contact Amber Kerr at kerral@dhec.sc.gov or (803) 898-3484 by Midnight ET, April 13, 2020 for additional information.

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.

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.