Notice End Date: July 17, 2026

Vendor Name: Skillsoft

Contract Amount: $50,500

Agency Procurement Manager: Kevin Finan

Agency Procurement Manager Email: kfinan@clemson.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8646569856

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:

Item is needed due to compatibility with equipment, accessories, or replacement parts. Clemson requires a corporate learning solution that is able to continue to manage employee training that Clemson has managed for the past 18+ years with no disruption of service or loss of historical training data. The solution is required to manage the training of University employees throughout their career. Clemson currently utilizes Skillsoft and as the solution used for years, is the only one that can deliver dozens of integrations with current competencies for Communication, Customer Services, Cybersecurity, Staff Leadership Develop Training, and Assessment & Accreditation. No other solution can meet these needs as they would require replacing those integrations, resulting in years of development of new integrations, coursework, and workflows. Skillsoft only sells direct. For these reasons, this is a sole source 

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