Notice End Date: May 19, 2026

Vendor Name: The University of Texas at Austin

Contract Amount: $56,320.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Tracy F. Hill

Agency Procurement Manager Email: hillt@sctechsystem.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-722-0369

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:

The Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) is the developer and only provider of this survey instrument. The Center for Community College Student Engagement (part of UofT) provides survey administration services for the Dual Enrollment Survey of Student Engagement (DESSE). These services include generation of survey links and materials, collecting responses, and analyzing data. A report and dashboard will be generated for each college and the SC Technical College System. 

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: Materials Management Officer