Notice End Date: November 10, 2022

Vendor Name: Hanover Research

Contract Amount: $544,095

Agency Procurement Manager: Rod Stanford

Agency Procurement Manager Email: stanfo2@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 864-656-8596

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 University is seeking a full-service Research as-a-Service (RaaS) vendor that has unique research and specific data to assist Clemson with the implementation of 3 high-priority projects; 1) ERP, 2) Capital investments and 3) Decentralized Budget Model. The data needed, is really benchmark and best practice points that can help Clemson faculty deal with the change management needed as part of these projects by being able to quickly provide customized reports and dashboards based on real peer data. A driving factor with Hanover is they are already on contract for admissions surveys and have been used by the university for years. Hanover knows our data, challenges, and opportunities. We currently use the Hanover academic assessment suit. This sole source will add project queue features as an add-on to our current package. Having a respected, proven partner in higher ed that has existing data on these efforts at peer institutions will allow Clemson to be successful. Hanover Research is the only supplier that has the specific, required data to allow for this agile, immediate approach to assisting with change management on these projects.

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