Notice End Date: May 20, 2026

Vendor Name: IBM

Contract Amount: 139,309.17

Agency Procurement Manager: Kristen L. Rivas

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

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-737-6869

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:

It is the intent of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority to enter into a sole source contract for one year with IBM for software licenses, maintenance, technical support and upgrades for server and client products including:

• IBM EntireX Virtual Processor Core Subscription License Qty. 8 
• IBM EntireX Link Virtual Processor Core Subscription License Qty. 16 
• IBM EntireX for Non-Production Virtual Processor Core Subscription License Qty. 10 
• IBM EntireX Link – Non Production Virtual Processor Core Subscription License Qty. 8 
• IBM webMethods Integration Server Virtual Processor Core Subscription License Qty. 2 
• IBM webMethods Integration Server Non Production Virtual Processor Core Subscription License Qt. 1

IBM is either the original manufacturer or authorized licensor of the software. If you are a qualified vendor, contact Kristen L. Rivas via email prior to the contact deadline: May 20, 2026 5:00 PM Local time. Please address your subject line as follows: Notice of Intent to Sole Source IBM

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