Notice End Date: March 8, 2023

Vendor Name: Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Contract Amount: $250,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Brandalyn Brewer

Agency Procurement Manager Email: brandalyn.brewer@scdmh.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803.898.8486

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:

It is the policy of SCDMH to seek accreditation surveys for rehabilitation programs at SCDMH Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC's) and Morris Village Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center.  There are only a few accrediting organizations in the medical facility field that are recognized nationwide; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization (JCAHO) and CARF.  JCAHO only accredits entire facilities such as hospitals, not individuals' programs within a facility.  CARF is the nationally recognized accrediting body for programs such as those operated by CMHC's and Morris Village, and it is the largest accrediting body.  CARF will provide under the sole source accreditation for rehabilitation programs operated by CMHC's and Morris Village Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center.  The client population serviced is psychiatrically and medically stable.  JCAHO standards are based upon a hospital setting (client population that is psychiatrically and/or medically unstable), they are not applicable to the rehabilitation model used in the CMHC's and at Morris Village.  Sole Source will be five (5) years starting March 15, 2023-March 14, 2028.  The annual amount to be paid is $50,000 with a maximum sole source of $20,000.  For the reasons above, this vendor is determined to be the only suitable and acceptable offeror.  The price is fair and reasonable.

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