In accordance with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, it is the intent of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) to award without competition a sole source contract in accordance with Regulation 19-445-2105(B) (5) to BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina (BCBSSC) for Medicaid Operations Services (Services).

BCBSSC is the current vendor providing the Services for SCDHHS. These Services will transition to a competitively procured contract for an Administrative Services Organization (ASO) under solicitation #5400011606 and Contract #4400022442 once the implementation is completed. BCBSSC is currently the only vendor that can provide these services without interruption until the ASO contract is operational. To obtain a copy of the written determination please contact Robert Malpass at the email listed in this advertisement. 

PROTESTS: If you are aggrieved in connection with the solicitation or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest a solicitation, you must submit a protest within fifteen days of the date the applicable solicitation document is issued. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date the award 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. See clause entitled “Protest-CPO.” 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. [02-2A085-2]

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.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 601, Columbia, SC 29201