Notice End Date: October 3, 2022

Vendor Name: Experian Marketing Solutions

Contract Amount: $185,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Yolanda K. Hudley

Agency Procurement Manager Email: Yolanda.K.Hudley@dss.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-7877

The Agency hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1560 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

In compliance with notice requirements in Section 11-35-1560(A) of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, SCDSS is announcing an award to procure services with Experian Marketing Solutions' brand name software (EDQ Pro Web 7.20) that is compatible with QAS Batch API that supports and is currently integrated with the Palmetto Automated Child Support System (PACSS), Child Welfare System (CAPSS), the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Benefits Administration systems (Client History and Information Profile system (CHIP) that are presently used by DSS. The EDQ is the only brand name that will support data sets used by the QAS Batch API with the ability to integrate into MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, and PostgresSQL. Experian is the only COTS solution that can be integrated with the QAS Batch API and EDQ, that correctly work together. Only EDQ supports data sets used with the Experian QAS Batch API.

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

Email: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Agency Procurement Manager (Listed Above)

PROTESTS:
Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract, shall notify the appropriate chief Procurement officer in writing of its intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract and has timely notified the appropriate chief procurement officer of its intent to protest, may protest to the appropriate chief procurement officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.
A protest must be in writing, filed with the appropriate chief procurement officer, and set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the appropriate chief procurement officer within the time provided above. Days are calculated as provided in S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-310(13).

Any Notice Of Intent To Protest And Protest Must Be Addressed To: Materials Management Officer