Notice End Date: October 28, 2025

Vendor Name: Handshake

Contract Amount: $64,250.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Kaylee Yinger

Agency Procurement Manager Email: kaylee.yinger@beaufort.k12.sc.us

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-322-2349

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:

Employment sourcing services to include search and recruitment services for colleges.  Handshake directly integrates with universities' databases to provide verified student academic data and introduce students to potential employers. Handshake is the only talent marketplace in the United States that connects domestic universities with employers. The platform has partnerships with over 1,500 universities and more than 500,000 employers, resulting in a student and alumni marketplace of over 20 million active users. BCSD uses Handshake to post jobs and events at universities where the platform is part of Career Services. This software builds and pursues the following initiatives:

• Build and manage a digital early talent pipeline
• Expand the university recruitment footprint digitally beyond core schools
• Increase diversity within the early/entry-level talent pipeline

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: Kaylee Yinger
Contact Email Address: kaylee.yinger@beaufort.k12.sc.us
Contact Mailing Address: P.O. Box 309 Beaufort, SC 29901