Notice End Date: September 23, 2024

Vendor Name: EPS Operations LLC

Contract Amount: $118,559.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Greg Twitty (via email only)

Agency Procurement Manager Email: greg.twitty@ocsdsc.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8035345454 ext 80126

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:

Orangeburg CSD intent to sole source with EPS being the sole source and developer of evidence-based, print and computer-assisted educational solutions that include Readfetti, Wordly Wise 3000®, SPIRE®, Spire Next, Explode the Code® and Beyond the Code, Primary Phonics, Megawords, Coach, Buckle Down, Options, Summer Counts, Coach Digital Compass, National and State Specific Versions of Performance Coach, Practice Coach Plus, Support Coach, and Instruction Coach. Right to Protest based on Procurement Code section 4210(1)

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: Other
Contact Name: Greg Twitty
Contact Email Address: greg.twitty@ocsdsc.org
Contact Mailing Address: 102 Founders Court, Orangeburg SC 29118