Notice End Date: March 3, 2023

Vendor Name: Vantage Point Foundation

Contract Amount: 60118.13

Agency Procurement Manager: Drew Spires

Agency Procurement Manager Email: Drew.Spires@admin.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-734-5953

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 Department of Veteran’s Affairs, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to award a sole source contract to EIS Data, LLC. The total potential value the contract is approximately $60,118.13.

The Department of Veteran’s Affairs intends to procure Course materials and Supplies Training materials, pathfinder logistics needs: Clinical Psychologist/Curriculum Facilitator that develops, facilitates, updates and ensure fidelity of Pathfinder Training Curriculum for four courses. The clinician (screening) conducts the suicide screening of veterans served by Pathfinders. Vantage Point Foundation is partnered with the South Carolina Department of Veteran’s Affairs with the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs SSG Fox Grant Suicide Grant Prevention Program.

Please see Section 11-35-4210(1): Right to Protest of the South Carolina Code of Laws for information relating to protest rights.

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