Notice End Date: July 15, 2026

Vendor Name: Learning Technologies Group-Affirmity (for SC Human Affairs Commission)

Contract Amount: $97,000.00

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:

South Carolina Human Affairs Commission is seeking to procure Learning Technologies Group- Affirmity's and CAAMS Software for a two (2) year term, spanning July 2026 through July 2028. This highly specialized workforce analytics and compliance reporting platform is required to fulfill the Commission's statutory reporting obligations by securely aggregating and processing high-volume workforce datasets natively across multiple distinct state agencies. The platform possesses proprietary algorithms necessary for executing the complex statistical analyses and deep historical modeling required to guarantee longitudinal reporting consistency and produce standardized, audit-ready compliance reports for state oversight. 

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: Information Technology Management Officer