Notice End Date: October 1, 2026

Vendor Name: Qualtrics LLC

Contract Amount: $343,411.25

Agency Procurement Manager: Caroline Hulett

Agency Procurement Manager Email: hulett@mailbox.sc.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8037774117

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:

Qualtrics LLC will provide continued licensing, hosting, maintenance, updates, technical support, survey administration services, and customized platform functionality supporting the SC TEACHER initiative.

Services include:

Survey development and configuration

Survey distribution services

Custom dashboard development and maintenace

User account adminsitration

Custom directory support and automations

SFTP data storage and transfer services

Data collection and reporting functionality

Cloud-hosted platform services

Technical support and technology consultation

Software maintenance and updates

These services support statewide educator and administrator survey administration and reporting requirements under SC TEACHER.

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: Materials Management Officer