Notice End Date: May 5, 2023

Vendor Name: The College Board

Contract Amount: $1,800,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: La'Toyia T. Davis

Agency Procurement Manager Email: ldavis@ed.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-734-2904

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 South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) intends to secure a contract with The College Board of New York, New York so that the SCDE may pay them directly for fees for SAT tests administered in 2023–24, that would otherwise be invoiced to South Carolina public schools. The estimated maximum value of the contract is $1,800,000. Section 59-18-325(C)(4) of the Education Accountability Act requires that students in grade eleven must be offered a college entrance assessment that is from a provider secured by the department. In the grade twelve, the State shall provide all students the opportunity to take or retake a college readiness assessment if funds are available. The SAT is one of two standardized college entrance exams. The test is copyrighted and is not available from any other vendor.

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