Notice End Date: October 8, 2025

Vendor Name: Microsoft Corporation

Contract Amount: $710,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Whitney Carswell

Agency Procurement Manager Email: carswewp@dph.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-3472

The Agency hereby provides notice that it entered into an emergency contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1570 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

The SC Department of Public Health issued an emergency PO to allow us time to develop a solicitation. A recent ruling from the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at the Division of Procurement Services has found that market research does not support a conclusion that these services are in fact available from only one source. The Division of Procurement Services is investigating the possibility of a statewide term contract for these services. The emergency PO was necessary to prevent a lapse in service for the agency.

DPH, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1570 and Regulation 19-445.2110, is providing public notice of the emergency contract to Microsoft Corporation. The total estimated dollar amount of the service contract purchases is $710,000.00.

Qualified vendors should contact Whitney Carswell at carswewp@dph.sc.gov by Midnight ET, October 8, 2025 for additional information.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or 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 emergency 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 emergency 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