Notice End Date: June 9, 2026

Vendor Name: The Center for International Studies, LLC

Contract Amount: 57611.25

Agency Procurement Manager: Rodney K Stanford

Agency Procurement Manager Email: stanfo2@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8646568596

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:

This program requires a highly specialized provider capable of delivering an academically rigorous, English-language educational experience that meets university standards for study abroad programming, experiential learning, and U.S. academic credit. The provider must possess extensive expertise in Italy's ecological systems, environmental sustainability practices, history, and cultural heritage, along with established relationships with local institutions, organizations, and field sites that support immersive, place-based learning opportunities. The provider must also demonstrate the operational capacity to coordinate housing, transportation, academic instruction, and comprehensive student support services while maintaining effective risk management protocols, emergency response capabilities, and safeguards to ensure student health, safety, and well-being throughout the program. The combination of specialized regional expertise, integrated academic and field-based programming, established in-country infrastructure, comprehensive logistical support, and proven ability to provide a safe and supervised international educational experience makes The Center for International Studies, LLC the sole source capable of meeting Clemson University's program requirements.

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