South Carolina Business Opportunities
Published by Division of Procurement Services - Delbert H. Singleton, Jr., Division Director
Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By: Medical University of South Carolina
Ad Category: Sole Source and Emergency
Notice Start Date: October 1, 2026
Notice End Date: October 7, 2026
Vendor Name: Assetworks Inc.
Contract Amount: $145,736.15
Agency Procurement Manager: Wayne Singleton
Agency Procurement Manager Email: singlewa@musc.edu
Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-792-1725
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 Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Department of Engineering and Facilities with §11-35-1560 (A) of the SC Consolidated Procurement Code, intends to award, without competition, a sole-source renewal contract to Assetworks, Inc. Assetworks manages the database for the university. The software includes AiM Fixed Asset Software (AiM FAS), Surplus Management Software (SMS), AssetMobile, and Enhanced Web-Surplus for the MUSC Enterprise-Wide Campus. AssetWorks LLC is the single developer and only licensed distributor of the AiM™ Suite product(s). AssetWorks does not distribute nor make available any of our product(s) or training or professional/implementation services to any third party or partner to resell or maintain this product. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide these services must notify the Procurement Officer at singlewa@musc.edu no later than October 8, 2026 (12:00 a.m. EST). Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Procurement Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole-source negotiations.

PROTESTS (MAY 2019): If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award of this contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in §11-35-4210. To protest an intended award of a contract pursuant to §11-35-1560, you shall (i) notify the chief procurement officer in writing of your intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this intent to award is posted, and (ii) if the appropriate chief procurement officer has been timely notified of your intent to protest, you may submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice of intent to award is posted. Days are calculated as provided in §11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided.

Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer, Materials Management Office, and submitted in writing (a) by email to: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov or (b) by post or delivery to: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide these services must notify the Procurement Officer at singlewa@musc.edu no later than October 8, 2026. (12:00 a.m. EST).

 

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
South Carolina Business Opportunities • SCBO Team • 1333 Main Street, Suite 700 • Columbia, SC 29201
803-737-0600 • scbo@mmo.sc.gov • https://scbo.sc.gov • https://procurement.sc.gov
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