Notice End Date: March 11, 2023

Vendor Name: Therapeutic Foster Care Services

Contract Amount: varies

Agency Procurement Manager: Donald Stewart

Agency Procurement Manager Email: donald.stewart@dss.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803--898-1844

The Agency hereby provides notice that it entered into an emergency contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1570 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

In compliance with notice requirements in Section 11-35-1570(B) of South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, SCDSS is announcing an award of an emergency procurement to the following providers to assist with foster care placements for children. These providers shall recruit and train foster parents to provide care, room and services to children entering foster care. Without these providers, the children and the agency could be in a predicament of having children stay in the DSS county offices overnight until an appropriate placement is found. The providers include Bair Foundation, Bethany Christian Services of South Carolina, Epworth Children’s Home, Family Preservation Community Services, Growing Home Southeast, Lutheran Family Services, Mindful Missions, National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP), New Foundations Home for Children, Specialized Alternative for Families and Youth (SAFY), SC Mentor, SC Youth Advocate Program (SCYAP), and Carolina Therapeutic Services. Bidders right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement as an emergency. Protest to be filed with: Chief Procurement Officer, Material Management Office, 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201. Email: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or 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 emergency 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 emergency 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