Notice End Date: June 22, 2026

Vendor Name: National Student Clearinghouse (for SC Education Oversight Committee)

Contract Amount: $387,277.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Shawnta Hutcherson

Agency Procurement Manager Email: Shawnta.Hutcherson@admin.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803.737.7188

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 purpose of this procurement is to obtain StudentTracker for Secondary State Education Agencies services from the National Student Clearinghouse to provide the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee (SC EOC) with verified postsecondary enrollment, persistence, and degree-attainment data for former South Carolina high school students. This information is essential for evaluating the effectiveness of State-supported education programs, improving instructional practices, and conducting longitudinal studies on student outcomes after graduation. The service enables the SC EOC to match South Carolina graduate records against comprehensive, institution-verified postsecondary data from colleges and universities nationwide, including public, private, in-state, and out-of-state institutions.

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