Notice End Date: September 3, 2026

Vendor Name: Meta Platforms, Inc.

Contract Amount: 85000

Agency Procurement Manager: Steven Glenn

Agency Procurement Manager Email: sglenn@coastal.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-349-2736

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:

Coastal Carolina University requires continued access to Meta Platforms, Inc.’s proprietary advertising and analytics services to conduct official University marketing campaigns on Facebook and Instagram through June 30, 2027. These services support student recruitment, academic program promotion, brand awareness, lead generation, alumni engagement, and community outreach. The University requires Meta’s platform-native tools to create, place, manage, optimize, and evaluate paid advertisements on these platforms.

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://ccucloud.coastal.edu/index.php/s/XjQKyeztimsbsoD

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