Notice End Date: September 12, 2024

Vendor Name: Family Connections of South Carolina

Contract Amount: 307,536.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Shaneka Oliver

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

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803 898 8182

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:

Increase knowledge of special education systems navigation, and improve overall well-being and permanency by strengthening the ability of birth, foster, kinship, caregivers, and DSS to participate in the education services especially for children with a disability and special healthcare needs.  At this time, Family Connection of South Carolina is the only organization in SC that is qualified to act as a PTI, making it the sole source from which DSS can obtain the services required by Federal law. In an attempt to verify the status of Family Connections’ regarding its unique position in the State, Contracts visited the SC. Department of Education’s web site and it lists Family Connections as the PTI provider for the state. The web page maintained by the Center for Parent Information and Resources lists the PTIs for every state in the country and clicking on the South Carolina tab confirms that Family Connections is the PTI for South Carolina. Find Your Parent Center - Center for Parent Information and Resources (parentcenterhub.org)

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