Notice End Date: August 1, 2025

Vendor Name: Winthrop University

Contract Amount: 52,500

Agency Procurement Manager: Laurie Martinez

Agency Procurement Manager Email: martinezl@fortmillschools.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-548-8430

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:

As part of Winthrop’s School Psychology Program, students are required to have 450 hours of supervised field training as a Trainee ship and/or 1200 hours of supervised field training as an internship at a school district.  Winthrop’s School Psychology curriculum aligns with the training required to work with our special needs children.  This offers their students trainee ship and internship opportunities and a unique opportunity for both Winthrop and FMSD associates in our Special Services Dept. Winthrop is also local to the Fort Mill School District.   Monies paid to Winthrop will cover administrative fees as well as provide a stipend to the trainees and interns. 

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: Materials Management Officer