Notice End Date: November 11, 2025

Vendor Name: John Crosland School

Contract Amount: $30,000.00

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:

The John Crosland School in Charlotte, NC, for students with learning differences, individualized education in a diverse and nurturing community. It is unique for its approach of identifying and building on each student's strengths to foster confidence. The curriculum integrates traditional academics with arts, technology, and social development, all delivered by highly trained teachers using multi-sensory techniques. It offers unique specialization and personalized services, and fills a need other schools cannot. Reasons for Sole-Source: Approach to learning--Individualized and holistic: The school provides a personalized education that addresses the needs of the whole child, including social, sensory, and executive functioning support. Strength-based: It identifies and develops each student's strengths, recognizing that they are bright and capable. Multi-sensory instruction: The curriculum uses multi-sensory teaching methods to engage students and help them succeed in the classroom.Community and support: Sense of belonging: The school emphasizes creating a community where students feel they belong and are understood. Expert staff: Teachers receive ongoing training and professional development specifically for educating children with learning differences. Self-advocacy: The school aims to build students' self-confidence and help them become independent, self-advocates.

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