Notice End Date: February 10, 2023

Vendor Name: Diverse Computing Inc

Contract Amount: $55,500.00

Agency Procurement Manager: James Jackson

Agency Procurement Manager Email: jjackson@sled.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-896-7004

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 South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) hereby provides notice, pursuant to the authority of SC Code 11-35-1560 and SC Regulation 19-445.2105, that it intends to award without competition a sole source contract to Diverse Computing Inc. for consulting services related to the design and implementation of NCJA, NCIC, and NSOR audit programs to be conducted by SLED staff members utilizing the CJIS Audit Tool (by Peak Performance Solutions) already utilized by SLED.

Qualified vendors should contact James Jackson at jjackson@sled.sc.gov by the Notice End Date noted on this advertisement for additional information.

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