Notice End Date: August 1, 2026

Vendor Name: Franklin Covey

Contract Amount: $200,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Gretchen Taylor

Agency Procurement Manager Email: gltaylor@spart7.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8645946181

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:

Spartanburg School District 7 intends to Sole Source Franklin Covey for the procurement of training materials for the All Access Pass for Franklin Covey Solutions.  Franklin Covey has created a holistic framework for increasing the overall effectiveness and quality performance of complex organizations, as well as improving effectiveness in one’s personal life.  This framework, encompasses a variety of products and services including assessment and measurement, consulting, training, implementation processes, and application tools. The leadership-and organizational-oriented courses, services, materials and the license for use are available only from Franklin Covey.  The copyrighted materials related to the above referenced curriculums include course-specific participant manual, profiles, assessments, survey as well as other copyrighted and trademark-registered materials. 

The assessment and measurement aspect of Franklin Covey’s Training, consulting and any related material, is wholly owned by Franklin Covey and is not distributed through or provided by anyone by Franklin Covey. Franklin Covey retains the exclusive rights in granting a license for use of its intellectual property.

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: Gretchen Taylor
Contact Email Address: gltaylor@spart7.org
Contact Mailing Address: 610 Dupre Dr; Spartanburg, SC29307