Notice End Date: April 15, 2023

Vendor Name: Chief Services and Security Solutions Inc.

Contract Amount: 385,198.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Karishma Bolar

Agency Procurement Manager Email: karishma.bolar@dss.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-7418

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 and Section 11-35-1570(B) of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, SCDSS, Office of Inspector General is announcing an award of an emergency procurement temporarily for unarmed security services for Greenville, Laurens and Spartanburg offices due to the lack of placements for children throughout the state. Since SCDSS has seen an increase of verbal and physical aggression towards staff from children awaiting placement and where they have no choice in keeping children in agency offices during the day and evening.  While in DSS offices, the children threaten staff, have verbal outbursts, and at times show actual physical aggression towards staff.  Also, at times law enforcement is called when incidents occur.  Because of the frequency of these incidents in the major Upstate Offices (Greenville, Spartanburg, and Laurens), DSS must provide emergency unarmed security to help reduce these incidents and provide protection to staff and children. Due to limited placements in South Carolina and increased mental health and acting out behaviors of our children, we have more children we are seeking placement services without success.

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