Notice End Date: November 18, 2025

Vendor Name: Melmark

Contract Amount: $775,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Trevor Hammond

Agency Procurement Manager Email: trevor.hammond@lcsd.k12.sc.us

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-416-8828

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:

Melmark is a specialized public school in Charlotte, NC, working to help students with profound disabilities. Students receive an individualized education 226 days a year. Reason why their specialized services are identified as sole source include Unique expertise: Melmark specializes in providing exceptional, evidence-based, and applied behavior analytic (ABA) services for individuals with autism, intellectual disabilities, and other developmental disabilities; Specialized programs: The school offers clinically sophisticated programs with a 1:2 teacher-to-student ratio, individualized educational programs (IEPs), and both pre-vocational and vocational training. Unique services in a specific location: based on research showing a critical need for high-quality, evidence-based services for children in the Charlotte area.

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: Trevor Hammond
Contact Email Address: trevor.hammond@lcsd.k12.sc.us
Contact Mailing Address: 300 S Catawba Street, Lancaster, SC 29720