Notice End Date: October 28, 2022

Vendor Name: Studio Main, LLC

Contract Amount: $60,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Kevin Finan

Agency Procurement Manager Email: kfinan@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 1-864-656-9856

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:

Clemson requires a consultant that with certification from the American Institute of Certified Planner that has experience in bike/walk master planning with South Carolina communities with population less than 4,000 people. This consultant also needs to understand the local communities' governments and leaders as they will need to gain the consensus and approval of the various leaders in the target communities, and this requirement truly requires someone who has experience in small rural community politics. Additionally, the consultant should have experience in landscape architecture planning. The only company with a consultant that meets these criteria is Studio Main LLC. The total contract value is $60,000.

Protest to be filed with:
Chief Procurement Officer
IT Procurement Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: 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: Information Technology Management Officer