Notice End Date: October 1, 2026

Vendor Name: Omnicare of Charleston

Contract Amount: 214,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Brittney Childs

Agency Procurement Manager Email: Brittney.Childs@oidd.bhdd.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8038982211

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:

The South Carolina Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (“OIDD” or “Office”) is providing public notice of their procurement, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1570 (Emergency procurements; public notice), extension of continued services from Omnicare of Charleston, the current operating vendor for Pharmacy Services fulfilling all requested prescriptions and they are continuing to provide uninterrupted service for both Midlands & Whitten Regional Centers.  Due to the impending expiration of the pharmacy prescription services contract and the absence of a finalized replacement, Midlands & Whitten Regional Centers are both operating under an emergency condition. Pharmacy Drug Prescription Services are required and necessary to maintain the health, welfare and safety of the consumers residing at our regional centers. A lapse in a required pharmacy service poses a significant consumer health risk, potentially leading to vital unhealthy and/or life threating conditions. This procurement will only cover the period of time necessary to transition services to the finalized solicitation of services. In light of the current conditions, an emergency exists warranting an emergency procurement as provided for in Section 11-35-1570 and Regulation 19-445.21I0. 

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