Notice End Date: July 29, 2026

Vendor Name: Curriculum Associates, LLC

Contract Amount: 297,413.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Keshia Williams

Agency Procurement Manager Email: kwilliams@sdnc.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-321-2600

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:

Curriculum Associates, LLC is the sole developer, owner, and provider of the proprietary i-Ready Assessment and Personalized Instruction platform. The software, assessment content, adaptive learning engine, licensing, updates, maintenance, and technical support are proprietary to Curriculum Associates and are not available from any other source. The district has established i-Ready as an instructional and progress monitoring tool that supports data driven decision making for both general education and special education programs. In accordance with S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1560 School District of Newberry County  hereby provides notice of the intent to enter into a Sole Source agreement with Curriculum Associates, LLC.

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: Keshia Williams
Contact Email Address: kwilliams@sdnc.org
Contact Mailing Address: 3419 Main Street - Newberry, SC 29108