Notice End Date: December 12, 2022

Vendor Name: SC Research Foundation

Contract Amount: $235,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Lana Widener

Agency Procurement Manager Email: llw@mailbox.sc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-777-4115

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:

The University of South Carolina hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1560 to SC Research Foundation (SCRF).  The SCRF shall secure sponsored awards for the University; and is uniquely qualified to provide these services because it has been and is organized and operates as a supporting organization exclusively for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the University of South Carolina to facilitate the University’s teaching research, and public service mission.  The SCRF is affiliated with the University and housed in the main administration building.  The sole source is needed for continuity of operations.

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