Notice End Date: October 1, 2026

Vendor Name: J. Michael Consulting

Contract Amount: $166,442.28

Agency Procurement Manager: Johnny Harleston

Agency Procurement Manager Email: harlesj1@dph.sc.gov

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 803-898-8054

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:

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) intends to procure continuation of services for the maintenance and licensing for Rhapsody Communication Points. Rhapsody (non cloud-based) is a propriety solution only available from J. Michael Consulting, which is used to integrate clinical lab and disease surveillance equipment and software as well as products, and send required data and reporting to the CDC. 

DPH, in accordance with South Carolina Procurement Code, Section 11-35-1560 and regulation 19-445.2105, is providing public notice of the intent to award a sole source contract to J. Michael Consulting. The total estimated dollar amount of the service contract purchase is $166,422.

Qualified vendors should contact Johnny Harleston, harlesj1@dph.sc.gov by 5 PM ET, October 1, 2025, for additional information. 

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: Information Technology Management Officer