The Be Pro Be Proud project is a partnership between the SC Department of Employment and Workforce and the Associated Industries of South Carolina. Be Pro Be Proud is an initiative to bring a new generation of professionals to South Carolina’s skilled trades. The concept is a tractor trailer will have modules installed for certain trades. The modules will allow students to have a hands on experience with these particular jobs via virtual reality.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019)

If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this 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. 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 or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing

(a) by email to: protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us, or

(b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.