In accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, it is the intent of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) to award without competition a sole source contract in accordance with Regulation 19-445-2105(B) (5) to Microsoft Services for Unified Enterprise Support Services (Services).

SCDHHS is an enterprise customer of Microsoft products and services.  These products and services are integral to the daily operation of SCDHHS mission critical systems.  Microsoft Enterprise Support Services are comprised of a comprehensive support solution that helps reduce costs, enhance productivity and security, and use technology throughout the IT lifecycle. They offer direct, expedient and unique access to Microsoft product development teams, software developers and source code for current and future products.  Specialized training of Microsoft personnel is provided from Microsoft product development teams on how enterprise customers can best plan for, deploy, manage and maximize productivity of existing and future Microsoft products. Both reactive and proactive services are included.  Reactive services are comprised of Problem Resolution Support, Advisory Support, and Support Assistance. Maintenance Services, Optimization Services, and Education Services are included as Proactive Services.  All of these services are managed by a Microsoft Customer Success Account Manager who also assists with problem prioritization and escalation.  A website portal enables SCDHHS staff to enter, update, and monitor service requests. The breadth and depth of services described above are only performed by Microsoft Corporation. To obtain a copy of the written determination please contact Robert Malpass at the email listed in this advertisement. 

PROTESTS: 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 601, Columbia, SC 29201

Clemson University intends to sole source with SAI Programs for services in Italy.  Clemson requires a supplier who can provide academic and 24/7 emergency support at four locations (Rome, Orvieto, Florence and Venice) for the Art in Italy Study Abroad program. The Art in Italy program requires spending a significant amount of the time abroad in the small city of Orvieto to complete the Field Studies ART4200/6200 coursework. Orvieto is unique in its dramatic Umbria landscape and was chosen as the core location for the program for this reason when it was created in 2006. This environment is essential for Clemson students to complete the coursework of Field Studies, which include developing landscape drawing skills, visually recording cultural experiences and student participation in critiques. The academic partner must provide art studio work and classroom space in Orvieto for up to 16 students for critiques and project work time. These facilities must be within walking distance to student housing, In addition, the partner must provide local experts for guided city and local tours and special cultural experiences such as cooking classes.. The partner must also offer 24/7 on-site support in all cities, including Orvieto to handle emergencies and special needs. Study Abroad Italy (SAI) is the only provider that meets the requirements specific to the time in Orvieto and can support the unique art studio needs and Clemson’s requirements.$62,250.00 Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of 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

Lexington County School District Two, in accordance with the District’s Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 (A) and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the Intent to Sole Source Anatomage Tables with software, training and support from Anatomage, Inc.

Anatomage table is a virtual dissection table, to be used in instruction, that includes proprietary software. It is designed and installed by Anatomage, Inc.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019): If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award of this contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in §11-35-4210. To protest an intended award of a contract pursuant to §11-35-1560, you shall (i) notify the chief procurement officer in writing of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this intent to award is posted, and (ii) if the appropriate chief procurement officer has been timely notified of your intent to protest, you may submit your actual protest within fifteen (15) days of the date this notice of intent to award is posted. Days are calculated as provided in §11-35-310. 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, Lexington County School District Two, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: tcrocker@lex2.org or (b) by post or delivery to: 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia, SC 29169

The University of South Carolina is announcing the intent to award without competition, a sole source contract to IDTdna. The FDA EUA application created by UofSC for the testing of saliva samples to detect the SARSCoV2 virus require that we continue to use the same components and manufacturer as listed in the FDA EUA application. We need to purchase additional primers to continue testing and remain in compliance of our FDA EUA application. 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. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Information Technology Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by facsimile at: 803-737-0102 (c)by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 601, Columbia, SC 29201

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 Business Systems of South Carolina Inc.

MUSC will replace their existing Total Recall Standard software that's no longer being supported by the DHS (manufacturer). The software is needed to continue using our existing Records Management System which allows Business Operations to maintain over 30,000 boxes of records for MUSC. The upgrade will help manage 20 years of past records along with the location data and mitigate risk of loss of data/records by eliminating the need to manually enter all past historical data and relabel all 30,000 boxes with new bar-codes along with manually entering over 30,000 current boxes into the database. DHS has written the letter stating that Business Systems of South Carolina is the only vendor that is allowed to sell, upgrade or maintain their software in Charleston, SC.

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 March 29, 2022, (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-itmo@itmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 601, Columbia, SC 29201

The South Carolina Educational Television Commission (SCETV), in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1570 and regulation 19-445.2110, is providing a revised public notice of the award of an emergency contract to Motorola Communications. The total potential value the contract is approximately $1,069,517.07.

This procurement is for the design, acquisition, construction, and installation of a telecommunications tower located on property owned by the City of Aiken. Aiken city and county officials have informed SCETV that they must remove the existing tower. An interruption in services could pose an immediate threat to the public health and safety of residents in Aiken.

Please see Section 11-35-4210: Right to Protest of the South Carolina Code of Laws for information relating to protest rights.

In accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, it is the intent of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to award without competition, a sole source contract in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B) (5) to Spectra-Physics, Newport Corporation for the purchase of a refurbished Mai Tai HP DS laser upgrade.

Purpose and Objectives: This refurbished Mai Tai HP DS laser upgrade from Spectra-Physics will allow for the visualization of neurons in vivo, allowing the department to understand the function of different neurons for drug-related behaviors. The current laser in the laboratory (also from Spectra-Physics) is >10 years old and not sufficient for these recordings. This upgrade will greatly expand departments ability to understand how the brain controls drug seeking in addiction-related disorders in awake, behaving mice.

Sole Source Justification: The original system is also built by Spectra-Physics, and thus the upgrade can only be made by Spectra-Physics. No other company has sufficient information about the existing laser, or the engineers that can upgrade the existing laser.

Spectra-Physics, Newport Corp. is the only supplier which provides the necessary Mai Tai laser system upgrades for the experiments and provides support for all items.

QUESTIONS: Shall be addressed to the email address of the Procurement Officer indicated below.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019): If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award of this contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in §11-35-4210. To protest an intended award of a contract pursuant to §11-35-1560, you shall (i) notify the chief procurement officer in writing of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this intent to award is posted, and (ii) if the appropriate chief procurement officer has been timely notified of your intent to protest, you may submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice of intent to award is posted. Days are calculated as provided in §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.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

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 this Contracting Specialist at byrdg@musc.edu prior to the contact deadline: March, 28 2022 at 12:00 AM EST. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties’ notification, the Contracting Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) intends to purchase services to configure SCLead data management system to connect with the single sign-on capabilities of SC Department of Education's Azure active directory and maintenance and support of these changes. The estimated total potential value is $70,416.00 for services through FY23.

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

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

The South Carolina Educational Television Commission (SCETV), in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1570 and regulation 19-445.2110, is providing public notice of the award of an emergency contract to Motorola Communications. The total potential value the contract is approximately $1,052,738.50.

This procurement is for the design, acquisition, construction, and installation of a telecommunications tower located on property owned by the City of Aiken. Aiken city and county officials have informed SCETV that they must remove the existing tower. An interruption in services could pose an immediate threat to the public health and safety of residents in Aiken.

Please see Section 11-35-4210: Right to Protest of the South Carolina Code of Laws for information relating to protest rights.

The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking a qualified vendor to provide an integrated system for automated generation of DNA clonal clusters by bridge amplification, sequencing, primary and secondary analysis.  The instrument must be compatible with the existing Illumina MiSeq Next Generation Sequencing instruments to include components, software, consumables, parts, and SOPs currently used by DHEC Public Health Laboratory for WGS cluster analysis for outbreak identification, and the Centers for Disease Control PulseNet national foodborne outbreak methodology.  The estimated total cost, including 1 year of maintenance and shipping is $113,000.

PROTESTS: Any prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the solicitation of a contract shall protest within fifteen days of the date of issuance of the applicable solicitation document at issue. Any actual bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of a contract shall protest within ten days of the date notification of award is posted in accordance with this code. A protest shall be in writing, shall set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided, and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. 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 (c) by post or delivery to:  1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.   

In accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, it is the intent of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to award without competition a sole source contract in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B) To procure a 4 Channel 5G Enabler Solution. 

QUESTIONS: Shall be addressed to the email address of the Procurement Officer indicated above.
PROTESTS (MAY 2019) If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award of this contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in §11-35-4210. To protest an intended award of a contract pursuant to §11-35-1560, you shall (i) notify the chief procurement officer in writing of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this intent to award is posted, and (ii) if the appropriate chief procurement officer has been timely notified of your intent to protest, you may submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice of intent to award is posted. Days are calculated as provided in §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.
Unless otherwise suspended or canceled, The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division will enter into a contract for these supplies on March 1, 2022 at 8:00am. Contractor should not perform any work on or incur any costs associated with this notice prior to the receipt of a purchase order. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division assumes no liability for any expenses incurred prior to issuance of a purchase order.

On the behalf of Denmark Technical College,  hereby provide notice that pursuant to the authority of SC Code 11-35-1560 and SC Regulation 19-445-2105, is announcing the intent to award without competition, a sole source contract to procure: Vizrad system which includes the simulators and simulation system for personnel contamination training which is only manufactured by Teletrix as a sole source procurement.

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 livingstont@sctechsystem.edu no later than December 22, 2021. Subject: Vizrad System. 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.

RIGHT TO PROTEST (SC Code 11-35-4210)

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 hand delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 601, Columbia, SC 29201.

In compliance with the requirements in Section 11-35-1560 of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code and in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105, South Carolina Judicial Branch, SCJB, announces the intent to award a Sole Source procurement to BIS Digital.

Since 2017, the SCJB has been experiencing difficulty attracting and hiring a sufficient number of traditional court reporters to capture the record using stenography and voice writing technologies in Circuit and Family courts. Owing to the nationwide shortage of traditional court reporters, the SCJB had to implement digital/electronic technologies to ensure that the record could be captured accurately and reliably.

In fiscal year 2020, SCJB solicited 3 written quotes for commercial of the shelf software to assist SCJB with its digital recording needs. Pursuant to 11-35-1550 (2b) SCJB entered into an agreement with BIS to provide its Digital Court Reporter (DCR) software. This partnership is extremely advantageous to SCJB since BIS can also provide the necessary hardware for the project through the South Carolina State Wide Contract for Audio Visual Products and Services.

BIS is the only company that can maintain and support their software. They are also the only company that can train new SCJB employees on the use of their software.