Notice End Date: January 16, 2024

Vendor Name: Handshake

Contract Amount: 20000

Agency Procurement Manager: Susan Dick-McKeon

Agency Procurement Manager Email: dickmckeonsm@cofc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8439535555

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:

In accordance with the Sole Source section 11-35-1560 listed in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement, the College of Charleston is announcing the intent to procure Handshake career services management software for a five (5) year period. This includes Handshakes network of 1,500 colleges and 700,000 employees A full career services management product for higher education with an enterprise proactive recruiting product, a mobile-first student platform, and a robust set of embedded virtual tools into a single ecosystem. A career platform where students have full access to reviews for jobs and internships all within one platform. 80% of students who provide their job interests receive a message from an employer. Provides career exploration for students through Reviews and Q&A which enable students to see what a career path might be like without ever applying. Students have the ability to view this unique set of data posted by students for a student audience. Employer actions to be tracked and analyzed across multiple institutions, preventing fraudulent activity. Allows for fully integrated virtual and on-campus career fair and event management with check in kiosks, all for no extra charge to utilize. Solicitation # 24-36-SDM-SS-T5

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