Notice End Date: October 23, 2024

Vendor Name: EGroup Consolidated

Contract Amount: $270,774.72

Agency Procurement Manager: Scott Orr

Agency Procurement Manager Email: scottorr@anderson5.net

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 864-260-5000 Ext 10143

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:

Anderson School District Five purchased Nutanix SAN solution due to an emergency issue with their current SAN solution.  With the latest crash, it became an immediate need due to the potential of not being able to restore after the crash.  This would have a tremendous impact on classroom instruction and departmental services. 

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: Scott Orr
Contact Email Address: scottorr@anderson5.net
Contact Mailing Address: 400 Pearman Dairy Road, Anderson, SC 29625