Notice End Date: September 13, 2024

Vendor Name: Literacy Pro Systems

Contract Amount: 219,505.00

Agency Procurement Manager: LaToyia T. Davis

Agency Procurement Manager Email: ldavis@ed.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-734-2904

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 Education (SCDE) intends to secure a Maintenance agreement for S.C. Adult Education Database with Literacy Pro Systems, to provide maintenance, hosting, modules and training of a proprietary software for one year. SCDE procured licensing for Literacy Pro Systems (LACES) through a competitive process. This procurement is for hosting maintenance, training, and support of the LACES program. The system allows the SCDE Office of Adult Education to work with students to self-sufficiency through software by providing tracking, accountability, and engagement designed specifically for adult education. Transition to a new system would be cost-prohibitive. Continued maintenance and support are paramount consideration for this particular procurement.

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