South Carolina Business Opportunities
Published by Division of Procurement Services - Delbert H. Singleton, Jr., Division Director
Ad Category: Sole Source and Emergency
Notice Start Date: November 28, 2023
Notice End Date: December 8, 2023
Vendor Name: YWCA of Greater Charleston
Contract Amount: $159,450
Agency Procurement Manager: Robin McNeal
Agency Procurement Manager Email: robin_mcneal@charleston.k12.sc.us
Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-566-1809
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 District intend to sole source the Racial Equity Institute’s (REI) Training, which is provided by the YWCA of Greater Charleston. This training is designed to develop the capacity of participants to better understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. The YWCA of Greater Charleston is local to Charleston, SC, which allows over 100 participants to attend workshops in person and virtually as needed throughout the training. Workshops are: 1. REI Workshop (in-person and virtual), 2. Groundwater Water (in-person and virtual), and 3. REI Debrief with Racial Healing Circles (in-person or virtual). YWCA of Greater Charleston is the only local provider of this training. If you are aggrieved by this intended award you have a right to protest according to Section 4210 of the Charleston County School District Consolidated Procurement Code.
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: Other
Contact Name: Jeffrey Craven
Contact Email Address: jeffrey_craven@charleston.k12.sc.us
Contact Mailing Address: 3999 Bridge View Dr., North Charleston, SC 29405
South Carolina Business Opportunities • SCBO Team • 1201 Main Street, Suite 600 • Columbia, SC 29201
803-737-0600 • scbo@mmo.sc.gov • https://scbo.sc.gov • https://procurement.sc.gov