Notice End Date: May 4, 2023

Vendor Name: Software AG

Contract Amount: 1,300,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Kristen L Rivas

Agency Procurement Manager Email: krivas@peba.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8037376869

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:

It is the intent of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority to enter into a sole source contract for up to five years with Software AG for software licenses, maintenance, technical support and upgrades for server and client products including Adabas, Adabas SQL Gateway, Natural, Natural Construct, Natural Security, Predict, Entire Network, Entire X Communicator, Integration Server, and JDBC Adapter. Software AG is the parent company of Software AG, USA Inc. and is the developer and either the original manufacturer or authorized licensor of the software.  If you are a qualified vendor contact Kristen Rivas via email prior to the contact deadline:  May 4, 2023; 5:00 PM Local time.  Please address your subject line as follows:  Notice of Intent to Sole Source Software AG.

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