Notice End Date: October 29, 2025

Vendor Name: Genesis Systems Inc

Contract Amount: $316,445.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Tripp Clark

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

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-3485

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:

Services to provide ongoing software maintenance and support for the SC Vital Records and Statistics Integrated Information System (SC VRSIIS).  Genesis Systems, Inc. is the sole developer of this custom computerized web-based software system.  This system was procured through a competitive bid process and awarded under Contract Number: 03-S5602-A9532 effective May 2003. The VRSIIS system as designed accommodates the legal registration, certification, fee collection and all other processes associated with the recording of vital events for the citizens of the State of South Carolina.  The system, which was upgraded in 2020, includes the following products:  BIRTH, DEATH, FEE AND ISSUANCE, FETAL DEATH, and ITOP Modules.  The products are all written, sold, and supported exclusively by Genesis Systems, Inc. and Genesis retains the sole rights for providing ongoing software maintenance and support for the VRSIIS system.

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