Notice End Date: July 30, 2025

Vendor Name: Emerge Knowledge Design, Inc.

Contract Amount: $127,083.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Trey Shealy

Agency Procurement Manager Email: trey.shealy@des.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-3471

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 Environmental Services (SCDES), in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to award a sole source contract to Emerge Knowledge Design, Inc. The anticipated value of this contract is $127,083.00

 

SCDES intends to establish a five-year contract for the renewal of the existing Re-TRAC Connect software which is currently utilized by SCDES to collect and report accurate disposal and recycling data to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as is required by SC State law under the SC Solid Waste Policy and Management Act.

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