Notice End Date: September 26, 2026

Vendor Name: The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group

Contract Amount: 119,430.00

Agency Procurement Manager: Shaneka McDaniel-Oliver

Agency Procurement Manager Email: Shaneka.McDaniel-Oliver@dss.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-8182

The Agency hereby provides notice that it entered into an emergency contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1570 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

South Carolina currently lacks a comprehensive Quality Services Review process to fully understand whether youth well-being needs are being met. When essential services are unavailable, the health, safety, permanency, and overall well-being of children in care are placed at greater risk. Implementing a Quality Services Review (QSR) will enable DSS to identify service gaps and ensure children receive the supports they need. This would include a small team of DSS and key stakeholder staff who will participate in QSR design activities. A small cohort of 5 DSS staff will be identified in advance to serve as the QSR reviewers. DSS will lead logistical preparation with technical assistance and coaching from CWG consultants. The on-site review will occur across different regions and include 40 randomly sampled youth.

Agency's justification for this emergency procurement may be viewed or 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 emergency 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 emergency 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: Materials Management Officer