Notice End Date: November 19, 2025

Vendor Name: Software AG

Contract Amount: $846,330

Agency Procurement Manager: Georgia Gillens

Agency Procurement Manager Email: ggillens@peba.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803) 734-0010

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:

Software AG is the sole provider of the Adabas and Natural Software.  PEBA’s legacy systems that support retirement payments and health enrollment run on these platforms and, as these systems are aging, the expertise to adequately maintain these systems rests with Software AG as the exclusive developer and manufacturer of both Adabas and Natural.  PEBA has used its legacy computer systems for more than 35 years to administer these benefit programs and must ensure that these legacy systems continue to perform at optimal levels.  Therefore, it is imperative that we have a qualified contractor capable of working with Adabas and Natural proprietary software to ensure PEBA’s databases that run on these platforms are functional, secure, and available by managing their performance, security, and integrity.  Sole source justification available immediately upon request.  See link for full requirements:  https://www.peba.sc.gov/sites/default/files/SoleSource_SoftwareAGDatabase.pdf.  

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