Notice End Date: April 27, 2023

Vendor Name: Fresh Baby LLC

Contract Amount: 50,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Corinna Aiken

Agency Procurement Manager Email: corinna.aiken@dss.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-7627

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 Department of Social Services intends to award a Sole Source procurement to Fresh Baby, LLC. Fresh Baby customizes children's aprons, portion plates, and many other products with the SNAP-Ed logo (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education). These are to be distributed to participants in the SNAP-Ed program. Fresh Baby is the exclusive developer and seller of Fresh Baby products nationwide and provides the service of mailing the promo items to the 46 counties in South Carolina for distribution. There are no other agents or dealers to represent these products.  https://www.freshbaby.com/

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