Notice End Date: May 12, 2026

Vendor Name: Microsoft Corporation

Contract Amount: $62,568.77

Agency Procurement Manager: Sharling Thompson

Agency Procurement Manager Email: sthompson@dew.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: (803)737-0231

The Agency hereby provides notice that it entered into an emergency contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1570 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

The Division of Procurement Services has issued Solicitation: 5400029255 for a State Term Contract(STC) for Microsoft Support Services but the contract award will not be posted until June 12, 2026. However, we must have ongoing, uninterrupted access to support services that we are currently being provided through Microsoft Corporation/Microsoft Unified Support Enterprise.  Without those services, we would be vulnerable to cyber-attacks and would not be able to utilize Microsoft products in our normal work activities, therefore affecting our ability to work effectively and efficiently. SCDEW entered into a three month contract with Microsoft Corporation from May 6, 2026 - August 3, 2026 because our current contract for Microsoft Unified Support Services expires on May 5, 2026. Once the contracts are awarded by DPS, SCDEW will utilize the STC for Microsoft Support Services.  

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or 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 emergency 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 emergency 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