Notice End Date: August 28, 2023

Vendor Name: Bair Foundation, Epworth Children’s Home, Family Preservation Community Services, Growing Home Southeast, Lutheran Family Services, National Youth Advocate Program, New Foundations Home for Children, Specialized Alternative for Families and Youth, SC Ment

Contract Amount: 4,650,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Shaneka Oliver

Agency Procurement Manager Email: shaneka.mcdaniel-oliver@dss.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8038988182

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:

To provide therapeutic foster care services to children in SCDSS foster care system. Pursuant to the conditions of the Michelle H. lawsuit, other placement types (e.g., Group Homes) are deemed inappropriate for our children because they do not meet the standard of least-restrictive, family-like settings, while the services described in this justification do.  SCDSS must continue providing services for children. At this time, contracts resulting from a solicitation have not been awarded so these emergency contracts are required to avoid a legally unacceptable gap in services.  DSS has selected these providers because they meet licensure requirements required by law before foster care placement in South Carolina.

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