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.