Notice End Date: August 7, 2026

Vendor Name: Prime Therapeutics Government Solutions

Contract Amount: 14,933,973.70

Agency Procurement Manager: Rena Aarons

Agency Procurement Manager Email: yashica.aarons@scdhhs.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8038984170

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:

The Pharmacy Benefits Administration (PBA) provides services for SCDHHS in accordance with the provisions and requirements set forth in Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act, 42 CFR 438 and the South Carolina Code of Laws, their attendant regulations, guidelines, and policies. SCDHHS is required to contract with the PBA to acquire information technology and business operations Services needed to support the SCDHHS as it operates the State’s Medicaid program and other health benefit programs. These services, supplies, and equipment are intended to support and ensure the provision of  pharmacy benefits to Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries.   To ensure compliance and continuity, the uninterrupted continuation of these services is critical until a new solicitation is issued and a contract is awarded and operational. Failure to provide the services would impact Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries’ ability to receive pharmacy benefits. The sole source will allow the Agency to transition to the new contract without disruption of services to Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries.

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Web Address Where Item Is Posted
URL To View Justification: https://img1.scdhhs.gov/dEpnO5NCdDzlkX3n/Executed-FY27_FY28-Justification-A4.pdf

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