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Horry County Schools (District) intends to procure all labor and materials to include the Simplex duct and carbon monoxide detectors along with the related equipment, control and monitor modules for the replacement of four (4) Roof-Top, Make-up Air Units at Kingston Elementary School 4580 Highway 472, Conway, SC 29526. The Simplex System is a proprietary system, and Johnson Controls is the only entity that manufactures the required compatible Simplex parts for this work. A John Controls Fire Protection Factory trained personnel can only perform these services.
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 Devana Solutions LLC for the purchase of a contract renewal of PROPEL Central and Linkpoint Connect software.
Purpose and Objectives: MUSC currently has three (3) users licensed for the software and it is important to the department to maintain all the data that has been identified as they continue with their research studies.
Sole Source Justification: Devana is the first cloud-based, turnkey study opportunity tracking/sales solution built exclusively for research sites. Devana Solutions is the only system customized to allow research sites to efficiently manage and win more studies by automating study-lead tracking, managing contacts, collecting superior performance metrics, and providing automated reminders of key events. Devana software organizes everything needed to manage the work of the Research Opportunities & Collaborations (ROC) Program in one centralized place in real time.
With hundreds of research opportunities that the ROC program manages each year at MUSC, the outlook email and contact integration is another of the unique requirements met only by this vendor.
A change in supplier would destroy the research design of data that has already been collected.
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: April 19, 2023, 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 SuperK laser is a supercontinuum laser that is specifically designed for use in OCT and hyperspectral imaging. The SuperK FIANIUM FIU-6 OCT laser source has a repetition rate of 312 MHz and power stability of 0.5%. The single-mode output mode also allows for high quality Gaussian beams (M^2<1.1) and they claim up to 70% efficiency in single-mode fiber coupling. These properties will allow for an increase in sensitivity due to the high coupling, a reduction in noise from the repetition rate and power stability and a reduction in fringe artifacts in OCT imaging due to the high-quality Gaussian shape. It is my understanding that no other laser source company can provide a compact supercontinuum source with the high specifications needed to perform OCT imaging and HSI on bacteria biofilms. Other laser sources have significant wavelength instability which degrades the data needed for our imaging systems. For these reasons, this is a sole source request.
Implementing enhanced encounters processing services is a key enabler for achieving the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) strategic business goal of using encounter data to develop performance benchmarks, to determine if health services are achieving intended outcomes. SCDHHS will use the Encounters Processing System (EPS) implemented by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), leveraging existing technology and following the direction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for intra-state collaboration with systems. The EPS is comprised of multiple Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) technology software components. One of the components is GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT), which offers feature rich file-transfer services in support of the core EPS functionality. HelpSystems, LLC is the original equipment manufacturer and the only USA-based distributor for GoAnyWhere MFT licensing.
In compliance with notice requirements and Section 11-35-1570(B) of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, SCDSS, Office of Inspector General is announcing an award of an emergency procurement temporarily for unarmed security services for Greenville, Laurens and Spartanburg offices due to the lack of placements for children throughout the state. Since SCDSS has seen an increase of verbal and physical aggression towards staff from children awaiting placement and where they have no choice in keeping children in agency offices during the day and evening. While in DSS offices, the children threaten staff, have verbal outbursts, and at times show actual physical aggression towards staff. Also, at times law enforcement is called when incidents occur. Because of the frequency of these incidents in the major Upstate Offices (Greenville, Spartanburg, and Laurens), DSS must provide emergency unarmed security to help reduce these incidents and provide protection to staff and children. Due to limited placements in South Carolina and increased mental health and acting out behaviors of our children, we have more children we are seeking placement services without success.
DowSil902 RCS expansion joint repair kit
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 Support Services are comprised of a comprehensive support solution that helps reduce costs, enhance productivity, 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.
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The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) intends to secure a contract with the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, on behalf of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) for the administration, scoring, and reporting of English language proficiency assessments for public school students in kindergarten through grade 12 for the period July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. As required by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA). English language proficiency assessments that measure students’ proficiency levels and progress in the four domains of language: speaking, listening, reading, and writing must be administered to all students identified as English language learners. The assessments must include customized forms for students with disabilities. A screener for the identification of English learners must be also available to schools to be administered as needed. In addition, an alternate assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities must be provided. The total estimated dollar amount of the purchase is $1,700,000.00.
South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SCPRT) is seeking a qualified architect to provide complete architectural/engineering services for the design of the Blacksburg Welcome Center located in Cherokee, SC. SCPRT is currently in the design phase of the Fair Play Welcome Center. The design of the Fair Play Welcome Center has been laid out to meet the Welcome Center “Parkitecture” Design. Therefore, SCPRT intends to site adapt the Fair Play Welcome Center design for the Blacksburg Welcome Center to impart aesthetic/programmatic consistency to those visiting the upstate. Due to liability issues, the Fair Play Welcome Center architect is not willing to sell its license for use elsewhere absent their involvement in the project. SCPRT also believes that no other architect would accept liability of using another architect’s design without significant review and modification. For this reason, SCPRT believes that acquisition of the architect to site adapt the Fair Play Welcome Center design is a sole source and intends to proceed as such.
Qualified architects who disagree that the selection of the architect to site adapt an existing design and who are willing to accept full responsibility for doing so should contact Kevin Kibler at 803-734-3752 for additional information.
Responses are to be sent to: SCPRT, Mr. Kevin Kibler – Special Projects Manager 1205 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29201
SCDHHS is required to contract with a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) to ensure medical and utilization reviews are conducted to safeguard against unnecessary or inappropriate use of medical services and excess payments. The Services are required for SCDHHS to meet the requirements set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to receive federal funding. KEPRO is currently the QIO vendor performing medical and utilization reviews to safeguard against the inappropriate use of medical services and excess payments. KEPRO was initially awarded the contract as the QIO to perform these reviews pursuant to a competitive procurement, and the contract expired on February 28, 2017. Due to the Department’s ongoing efforts to replace the State’s aging Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), determined it was not in the best interest of the state (financially or in the use of its human resources) to issue a separate new procurement for these services once the initial contract with KEPRO expired. The serious and critical need for the continuation of the provision of the medical and utilization reviews performed by KEPRO is necessary to meet federal requirements for services provided under the State Medicaid program. The lack of these reviews could result in the inappropriate use of medical services and excess payments, which are prohibited by federal regulations. Without this contract, SCDHHS would be out of compliance with federal law which could jeopardize federal Medicaid funding. It is essential and of paramount importance that the continuity of these operations are maintained without interruption to comply with federal law. KEPRO is currently the only vendor that can provide these services without interruption until a determination for the best solution for procuring these services is made and a new contract is awarded and implemented.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2023, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 23, 2022, provided state Medicaid agencies with a date of April 1, 2023 to resume the standard eligibility redetermination process. April 2023 will begin a 14-month unwinding period, during which annual redeterminations for all beneficiaries (approximately 1.5 million individuals) must be initiated during the first 12 months and redetermination processing completed in 14 months. To aid in the timeliness of determinations it is critical for the agency to have access to all available electronic data resources from federal, state, and commercial providers. Information technology that provides data broker services with system integration to enable South Carolina Medicaid eligibility determinations for application, redeterminations, and reported changes. Due to the limited time available to identify and select a vendor that is able to provide the needed data broker resources quickly, as the unwinding of the PHE is imminent, a vendor was selected with whom SCDHHS has previous contractual experiences through competitive solicitations.
Clemson requires multiple American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters to assist students with hearing disabilities as they travel to Massechusetts as part of a course requirement. Providing the ASL interpreters is a federal requirement of the University and due to short notice, expiration of a previous contract, and the amount to pay for the level of services needed, an emergency procurement is required.
PROTESTS:
Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this emergency contract, shall notify the appropriate chief Procurement officer in writing of its intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this emergency contract and has timely notified the appropriate chief procurement officer of its intent to protest, may protest to the appropriate chief procurement officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.
A protest must be in writing, filed with the appropriate chief procurement officer, and set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the appropriate chief procurement officer within the time provided above. Days are calculated as provided in S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-310(13).
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, provides state Medicaid agencies with a date of April 1, 2023 to resume the standard eligibility redetermination process. April 2023 will begin a 14-month unwinding period, during which annual redeterminations for the state’s 1.5 million beneficiaries must be initiated during the first 12 months with redetermination processing completed in 14 months. Due to the limited time available to identify and select a vendor that is able to provide the needed staff resources quickly with the state’s resumption of redetermination processing on April 1, 2023; the selected vendor’s ability to recruit qualified staff from an identified pool of candidates in the state; as well as the selected vendor’s demonstrated ability to provide this service in multiple other states, this vendor was chosen.
To purchase (6) Amatrol electrical wiring learning systems. These systems match other Amatrol equipment used in our megatronics program. Technical Training aids is the only authorized dealing in SC. Please go to our website at www.hgtc.edu/purchase for further documentation.
Horry County Schools (District) intends to procure all labor and materials necessary for the control components for interface, installation, as well as upgrade the Siemens Desigo building automation system in the project necessary for the replacement of the four (4) Make-up Air Units (MAU) being constructed at the Kingston Elementary on the existing Siemens Apogee Desigo System. . The District’s building automation system consists entirely of components made by Siemens. Siemens Industry has given exclusive territorial rights in South Carolina to Control Management to design, sell, and service Siemens building automation system. To maintain compatibility and ensure all controls remain operable according to Siemens standards, Control Management, Inc. is the only source for the required work.
This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible source who wishes to identify their capability to provide these products/services must notify the Procurement Manager by email at the address and no later than the submittal due date specified in this ad. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties’ notification, the District will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations
Intent period should be 12/12/2022-12/19/2022 not 12/27/2022
Table Rock State Park - Install Public WIFI in the Campground areas at the Park.