Notice End Date: June 29, 2026

Vendor Name: ZeeMee, Inc.

Contract Amount: 97200

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 continued access to a student engagement and enrollment intelligence platform to support recruitment, application conversion, and yield management across the undergraduate admissions funnel.

The University utilizes ZeeMee to:

• Build and manage student engagement communities across all funnel stages
• Facilitate real time communication between prospective students, current students, and admissions staff
• Provide behavior based engagement data and analytics tied to enrollment outcomes
• Support admissions outreach, event engagement, and student connection prior to enrollment

ZeeMee was previously provided through the University’s contract with Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL). As RNL no longer provides ZeeMee under that agreement, the University requires a one year continuation of ZeeMee services to:

• Maintain ongoing engagement with active prospects and applicants
• Avoid disruption to the current recruitment cycle
• Preserve existing student data, engagement activity, and analytics
• Allow sufficient time to evaluate alternatives and conduct a competitive procurement (RFP) for long term solutions

This procurement is therefore a temporary bridge to ensure continuity of operations during strategic evaluation and transition planning. 

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/DCtdCJEfZdtiGif

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