In compliance with notice requirements in Section 11-35-1560(A) of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, SCDSS in announcing an award to continue procuring a Comprehesive Web-based Data System to New World Now who is the sole proprietor of the "Insight" system features and functionalities designed to facilitate professional improvement within the early care and education workforce and provide improved access to data between departmental linkage for information colletion and sharing with Key CCDF-Contractors. NWN will provide Support and Maintenance for the Web Based Data System. No other system that the agency considered provides the full range of tools needed to capture workforce development data in early childhood in additional to compiling customized reports and analytics. SCDSS has determined that NWN, LLC., is the only company that can provide "Insight", a comprehesive early care and education web-based data management system that meets the state's requirements.
New World Now, LLC., is the creator and copyright owner of "Insight" and only sells direct to clients.
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.
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