The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) intends to secure a contract with Study Edge for access to Algebra Nation for the 2019-20 school year.

Algebra Nation provides access to online instructional videos, workbooks, collaborative learning tools, as well as assessments and support of Algebra I. Algebra Nation allows the SCDE Office of Office of Career & Technical Education (CTE) to provide automation and assessments for Algebra in specific school districts in South Carolina. Proviso 1A.81 requires funding projects previously funded by the Education Oversight Committee. Continued support is of paramount consideration for this procurement.
 

Should you have concerns with this intent, please send your responses via e-mail to SC Department of Education, Attn.: Elsie Montgomery, Procurement Director, at EMontgomery@ed.sc.gov for this Intent to Sole Source no later than 5:00 PM on February 25, 2019.

This notice will be posted in the South Carolina Business Opportunities (SCBO) for ten business days 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, 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