Notice End Date: December 10, 2025

Vendor Name: Project Lead The Way

Contract Amount: 125,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Leslie M Duthie

Agency Procurement Manager Email: leslie.duthie@spart2.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8645780128

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:

Spartanburg School District Two intends to award a sole source procurement to Project Lead the Way (PLTW) for curriculum-aligned equipment, materials, and supplies required for program implementation during the 2025–2026 school year.

PLTW provides its approved equipment and supplies exclusively through the myPLTW Store, which is accessible only to authenticated users. All products offered through the myPLTW Store undergo an annual competitive bidding process. Awards are based on the lowest total cost of ownership as well as additional key factors, including alignment with PLTW curriculum specifications, reliable shipping, and demonstrated product quality.

PLTW has evaluated these items using established criteria for sole source designation. This review includes, but is not limited to:

• Confirmation that the items are not available from any other authorized source

• Verification of compatibility and interchangeability with PLTW-designated curriculum, software, and equipment

• Identification of unique features or capabilities essential to PLTW program requirements

• Determination that no alternative products meet the required performance specifications

Based on this analysis, the items available through the myPLTW Store meet the criteria for sole source justification. This sole source procurement will cover all PLTW-related supplies purchased through the myPLTW Store for the 2025–2026 school year.

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: Brandi Gist, Leslie Duthie
Contact Email Address: brandi.gist@spart2.org, leslie.duthie@spart2.org
Contact Mailing Address: 3231 Old Furnace Rd, Chesnee, SC 29323