The South Carolina Department of Commerce, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to sole source the purchase of Security Onion Management Node (MN) Appliance.

This purchase is to be sole sourced because it is believed this can only be provided by Security Onion Solutions, LLC.  Security Onion Solutions, LLC is the creator and maintainer of Security Onion MN Appliance, an open source platform for threat hunting, network security monitoring, and log management. Security Onion will provide the Department of Commerce with various tools for host and network intrusion detection, enterprise security monitoring, and log management.

Security Onion Solutions, LLC is the only official provider of training, professional services, and hardware appliances for Security Onion.  Security Onion Solutions, LLC does not sell through any distribution channels.

The total price of all equipment to be ordered is $17,799.00, which includes one (1) year of support.

Should you have concerns with this intent, please send your responses via e-mail to SC Department of Commerce  Attn.: Clarissa Belton, at cbelton@sccommerce.com for this Intent to Sole Source no later than 11:00 AM on April 23, 2021.

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 Sole Source procurement.