Clemson University intends to sole source funding to support 2020 CU-Prisma Nursing Clinical Instruction for the Greenville ABSN Program. As Clemson University does not have a medical school, we require a formal relationship with a hospital system that will allow for the growth of our Nursing school and degree program. Clemson requires a collaboration with a major hospital system in the area that will be able to accommodate the needs of our School of Nursing to grow in the Upstate while providing a stream of degreed and certified nurses to the hospital in the future. As part of the program, the students require guaranteed clinical placements with a major hospital system, hospital space for operating the degree program and conducting related research, and the ability to offer this relationship exclusively to Clemson to ensure national credibility of the Nursing program. The only hospital that can meet these needs is Prisma. No other hospital system in the area can accommodate these requirements for Clemson University. For these reasons, Clemson University is requesting a sole source for a total price of $102,676.10. 

Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of a 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