Notice End Date: September 3, 2026

Vendor Name: Corwin Press, Inc, a SAGE Publications, Inc. company

Contract Amount: 225,750.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Leslie Duthie

Agency Procurement Manager Email: leslie.duthie@spart2.org

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8645780128

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 2 intends to enter into a sole source purchase with Corwin, in the amount of $225,750.00 for RIGOR and Leader Credibility publications and specially designed training required for certification.

Corwin is the sole source provider of the RIGOR and Leader Credibility publications and the associated certification training. The training and leadership curriculum are specifically designed to develop school and district instructional leadership aligned with Visible Learning instructional and leadership practices.

Purchase: RIGOR Certification – Impactful Instructional Leadership, onsite full-day KSL certification training
Total Amount: $225,750.00

This purchase will be made as a sole source unless legitimate vendor(s) are able to provide evidence that competition is available by 4pm Sept 3, 2026.

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: Brandi Gist
Contact Email Address: brandi.gist@spart2.org ; leslie.duthie@spart2.org
Contact Mailing Address: 3231 Old Furnace Rd