Notice End Date: May 20, 2026

Vendor Name: The Quill Project- Pembrook College University of Oxford

Contract Amount: $75,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Tracy O'Keefe

Agency Procurement Manager Email: tokeefe@coastal.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-349-2741

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:

Coastal Carolina University (CCU) seeks to procure a specialized digital humanities research platform and associated academic services to support the analysis, digitization, and interpretation of South Carolina’s constitutional history, specifically the 1868 Constitutional Convention. This procurement supports the University’s Honors College curriculum by providing:- A platform capable of modeling constitutional conventions and legislative drafting processes; Structured research opportunities for students in digital humanities methodologies; Integration with an academic partnership that includes faculty collaboration, student training, and participation in an international research program. The University requires an integrated solution that combines digital modeling, visualization of constitutional drafting processes, and academic programming aligned with CCU’s instructional objectives.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Web Address Where Item Is Posted
URL To View Justification: https://ccucloud.coastal.edu/index.php/s/TQR5MXBgF4gq9Nn

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