Notice End Date: October 14, 2026

Vendor Name: Sodexo

Contract Amount: $100,000+

Agency Procurement Manager: Stacy Gregg

Agency Procurement Manager Email: sgregg7@scsu.edu

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 8035368743

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:

Continuation of Dining Services with Sodexo: The University’s current dining services provider has an established campus operation with the staffing, equipment, technology, inventory, and infrastructure necessary to provide comprehensive dining services. Due to the University’s transition to new and expanded dining facilities within the newly constructed Student Center, engaging a new provider for the limited transition period would require significant startup investments that could not reasonably be recovered during the short contract term. Continuing with the incumbent provider will ensure uninterrupted student meal plans, residential and retail dining, and catering services during the academic year. Transitioning to another provider during this period would create unnecessary operational and financial risk and could disrupt essential food services for the University community. Therefore, a temporary extension with the current provider is considered the only practical solution until the University can align a longer-term dining services arrangement with the new facilities.

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