Coastal Carolina University proposes to procure a renewal agreement for an integrated software system to support accreditation, assessment, and the administrations of course evaluations as a sole source procurement from Anthology, Inc. of NY, 298 Main Street, Buffalo NY 14202, on the basis

On the basis of Section 19-445-2105.B.(5) of the S.C. Code of State Regulations: where the item is one of a kind.

Additional information and basis for this sole source procurement is available from the link provided below.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible source who wishes to identify their capability to provide these products/services as specified in the Justification must notify the Procurement Officer by email at the address and deadline specified in this ad. Upon receipt of the interested parties' information, the Procurement Officer will determine whether to proceed with the stated sole source procurement.

Pursuant to Section 11-35-1560(A) of the S.C. Code of Laws, the following notice is hereby provided: Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with this intended award may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210 of the S.C. Code of Laws. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen (15) days of the date the award notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13) of the S.C. Code of Laws. 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 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.