Notice End Date: March 27, 2023

Vendor Name: Cayuse, LLC

Contract Amount: $825,005.92

Agency Procurement Manager: Wayne Singleton

Agency Procurement Manager Email: singlewa@musc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-792-1725

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 Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Office of the Vice President for with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, intends to award without competition, a sole source contract to Cayuse, LLC.

Cayuse is the system is the choice for federal submissions. Federal funding makes up over 56% of our total extramural sponsored project funding and Cayuse 424 is an invaluable resource for investigators and staff pursuing this type of funding. Cayuse SP allows for institutional routing and internal approval for sponsored project proposals, award setup and management, and includes the capability to manage all funding sources in addition to federal. Cayuse manages the full administrative life span of all sponsored projects for the University. The use of a single, integrated platform allows those engaged in research and sponsored projects to access their entire extramural funding portfolio from one dashboard, placing information directly in the hands of those who need it. This software provides the ability to create procedural efficiencies through the examination of audit trails and record status changes.  Cayuse is the only sponsored projects management system that will fully integrate with MUSC’s existing Cayuse software and maintenance licenses.  Cayuse is the manufacturer and has no distributors. The software can only be purchased, upgraded or maintained by Cayuse.  This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide these services must notify the Procurement Officer at singlewa@musc.edu no later than March 27, 2023, (12:00 a.m. EST). Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Procurement Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.

 

PROTESTS (MAY 2019)

If you are aggrieved in connection with the solicitation or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest a solicitation, you must submit a protest within fifteen days of the date the applicable solicitation document is issued. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within five business days of the date the award notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date the award notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. See clause entitled “Protest-CPO”. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. [02-2A085-2]

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