Notice End Date: April 7, 2023

Vendor Name: Fortra LLC -

Contract Amount: $200,245.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Rebecca Lopez

Agency Procurement Manager Email: rebecca.lopez@scdhhs.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8038987379

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:

Implementing enhanced encounters processing services is a key enabler for achieving the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) strategic business goal of using encounter data to develop performance benchmarks, to determine if health services are achieving intended outcomes. SCDHHS will use the Encounters Processing System (EPS) implemented by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), leveraging existing technology and following the direction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for intra-state collaboration with systems. The EPS is comprised of multiple Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) technology software components.  One of the components is GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT), which offers feature rich file-transfer services in support of the core EPS functionality. Fortra LLC (formerly known as HelpSystems) is the original equipment manufacturer and the only USA-based distributor for GoAnyWhere MFT licensing.

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: Information Technology Management Officer