Notice End Date: January 24, 2024

Vendor Name: Intent to Sole Source - Department of Veterans Affairs - Combined Arms

Contract Amount: $75,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Kristi Bishop

Agency Procurement Manager Email: kristi.bishop@admin.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8037370503

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 Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to award a sole source contract to Combined Arms. The total potential value the contract is $250,000.00 and the estimated contract duration is 10/01/2021 – 10/1/2023.

VA intends to procure IT professional services in order to develop and implement the “South Carolina Veterans Network Operational Platform” based on grant funding requirements received by the agency.  The platform is currently integrated into service platforms utilized by the Veterans Health Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor and the supplier is partnered with AmericaServes and America’s Warrior Partnership.  The platform will allow individualized profile functionality for participants and will provide an integrated platform for services to each veteran in South Carolina.

Please see Section 11-35-4210(1): Right to Protest of the South Carolina Code of Laws for information relating to protest rights.

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