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: August 30, 2024
Notice End Date: September 14, 2024
Vendor Name: SHI International, Inc.
Contract Amount: $940,356.60
Agency Procurement Manager: Lana Brodt
Agency Procurement Manager Email: llw@mailbox.sc.edu
Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-777-7776
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 University of South Carolina (USC) hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract per S.C.. Code Ann. ยง11-35-1560 to SHI International Corp for the following:  the Department of Information Technology uses a third party to serve as a fulfilment agent for Adobe Enterprises. Under the USC Adobe Enterprise Term Licenses Agreement (ETLA), Adobe has appointed SHI International to partner with and to quote and sell to USC at the price agreed between USC and Adobe.  USC does not have the opportunity to negotiate pricing with the fulfillment agent. 

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
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