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