Notice End Date: June 19, 2026

Vendor Name: Academic Impressions

Contract Amount: $205,000.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Steven Glenn

Agency Procurement Manager Email: sglenn@coastal.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-349-2736

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 requires a comprehensive, institution-wide supervisory and leadership development program to support approximately 340 faculty and staff supervisors in alignment with the CCU Reach Implementation Plan, Driving Efficiency and Sustainability. 
The University's requirement is not limited to training content. It requires an integrated solution that includes:

-    A structured supervisory certification program tailored to higher education
-    Live, cohort-based instruction combined with asynchronous training
-    A formal train-the-trainer model to build internal institutional capacity
-    Implementation support and program design aligned to CCU's organizational structure
-    Leadership assessments, applied exercises, and coaching tools
-    A scalable platform with SSO for institution-wide deployment
-    Ongoing consultative partnership and advisory services

The program must enable CCU to train its current supervisors at scale while simultaneously creating the internal capability to sustain supervisory development for future cohorts.

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/Gd8TyTWaNonF9CX

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