Notice End Date: February 26, 2026

Vendor Name: Skytec, LLC

Contract Amount: 400,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Eric Fosmire

Agency Procurement Manager Email: eric.fosmire@scor.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803) 822-9580

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:

Skytec, LLC has developed a predictive model for wetlands on a statewide scale that can document the locations and extents of wetlands throughout the state. This model is imperative given development pressures and the uncertainty regarding their jurisdictional status post the Sackett Decision. Skytec, LLC.'s technology partners are unlike any others in that it is with Planet Labs, Microsoft, and ESRI. Using Microsoft's Planetary Computer, a global, open-access geospatial data platform that serves over 50 petabytes of Earth observation and climate data, Skytec's Wetland Screening Tool enables rapid detection of potential wetland areas with precision and scalability. Following the Resilience Plan in creating a South Carolina Wetland Screening tool to help create a more resilient state, this state of the art product is conducting ground breaking work at the statewide scale for the first time. Presently, the most comprehensive dataset regarding wetlands SCOR can access is from the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), which is 40-50 years old. This is vastly outdated and does not reflect the current wetland inventory of the state. Because of the unique technology partnerships, size and quantity capability, and first of its kind to successfully conduct a statewide scale for wetland predictive modeling. Skytec is the only known group that can meet the agency's need to inventory and develop a predictive model of South Carolina's wetlands. 

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Christopher Blaikie | 632 Rosewood Dr., Columbia SC 29201

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: Materials Management Officer