Notice End Date: July 14, 2026

Vendor Name: ​Lexia Learning Systems LLC

Contract Amount: $300,000 Maximum Anticipated Amount

Agency Procurement Manager: Robin Strickland, NIGP-CPP, CPPB

Agency Procurement Manager Email: rstrickland@horrycountyschools.net

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-488-6893

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:

​​Horry County Schools Learning Services intends to procure LETRS Facilitator Training from Lexia Learning Systems LLC to expand local certified facilitator capacity for district-led LETRS / K–3 Read to Succeed implementation pursuant to Act 114. SCDE guidance identifies LETRS as the state-selected professional learning program for required foundational literacy training, and participation in LETRS is required for K–3 certified educators and elementary administrators. SCDE guidance also identifies completion of LETRS Volumes 1 and 2, with required mastery levels, as an approved pathway toward the R2S Literacy Teacher endorsement. HCS currently has existing Local Certified Facilitators; however, additional facilitator capacity is needed to implement LETRS efficiently, consistently, and sustainably across the district, increase cohort availability, support Title I schools, and reduce reliance on a limited number of facilitators. LETRS Facilitator Training, certification, materials, digital platform access, and facilitator resources are proprietary to Lexia Learning Systems LLC. Only Lexia is authorized to train, assess, and certify LETRS facilitators and provide the official materials, platform access, assessments, and delivery protocols required for individuals to become certified LETRS facilitators. Other vendors may provide literacy, reading, or science-of-reading professional development; however, they cannot certify additional HCS staff as LETRS facilitators, authorize staff to deliver LETRS professional learning, or provide access to Lexia’s proprietary facilitator materials and platform resources. Substitution with another provider would not meet the District’s specific need because it would not produce additional certified LETRS facilitators or support the official LETRS implementation model selected and supported by SCDE. Accordingly, no other vendor is capable of providing the required LETRS Facilitator Training, certification pathway, platform access, and associated materials necessary to expand HCS’s local LETRS facilitator capacity. 

The anticipated value of this purchase is approximately $299,970.00, based on Quote #Q-728309-6 for 15 LETRS Facilitator Bundle licenses for Volume 1 and 15 LETRS Facilitator Bundle licenses for Volume 2, not to exceed $300,000.00 for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027  

​This notice is not a request for competitive proposals.  Any responsible source who wishes to identify their capability to provide these products/services must notify the Buyer by email at the address and no later than the submittal due date specified in this ad. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties’ notification, the District will determine whether to conduct competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations

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: Other
Contact Name: Robin Strickland, NIGP-CPP, CPPB
Contact Email Address: rstrickland@horrycountyschools.net
Contact Mailing Address: PO Box 260005, Conway, SC 29528