Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

$12,000.00 per year

Notice Publish Date:

February 15, 2023

Agency Procurement Manager:

Email:

Telephone:

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:

Winthrop University intends to procure services from Marketing Systems Group ( M-S-G) including online panel-hosting and quota management for online Winthrop Polls. The CPOPR provides details of the desired sample and M-S-G develops the panel, ensures delivery of the survey, and confirms the final dataset includes responses that will accurately reflect the state of South Carolina based on demographic information. As the CPOPR moves to online-based surveys, M-S-G provides the specific type of sample needed to produce comparable results to previous Winthrop Polls. Therefore, Winthrop intends to sole source these services for the period of February 23, 2023, through February 22, 2028. In accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B)(1).

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at:

Jeremy McDaniel - mcdanieljd@winthrop.edu

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 the chief procurement officer:

Materials Management Officer

(a) by email to:

Protest-MMO@mmo.sc.gov

(b) by post or hand delivery to:

1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

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