Notice End Date: March 20, 2025

Vendor Name: Virginia Ed Strategies

Contract Amount: 200,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Debra Coen

Agency Procurement Manager Email: debra_coen@charleston.k12.sc.us

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-566-1982

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:

Charleston County School District (CCSD) wishes to contract the services of Virginia Ed Strategies for
assistance in the development of a streamlined system for school strategy input, budget management, and approval processes for CCSD, real-time budget tracking and automation of cost calculations, integration of student outcome data into the strategy management framework, enhancement of collaboration and data transparency for database management and fill out for form creation and workflow automation, and establishment of a structured approval process to align financial decisions with organizational goals.
In order to design, implement, evaluate, and improve the dashboard according to priority timelines
of CCSC’s work, existing staff will need to utilize 3rd-party expertise and support from an organization
that has developed a similar system. Virginia Ed Strategies has specialized skills, knowledge, and
proprietary technology that is not available elsewhere in the marketplace.

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: Ramona Brown
Contact Email Address: Ramona_Brown@charleston.k12.sc.us
Contact Mailing Address: 3999 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC 29405