Sole Source to OCLC, Inc.
Agency: | State of South Carolina - State Fiscal Accountability Authority(SFAA) |
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Level of Government: | State & Local |
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Opps ID: | NBD16009444225705494 |
Posted Date: | Aug 15, 2023 |
Due Date: | |
Source: | https://scbo.sc.gov/online-edi... |
Clemson University intends to sole source the renewal of our OCLC Services renewal. This purchase is to be sole sourced because it is that OCLC is the consortium of libraries that produces WorldCat the Online Union Catalog & provide services such as locating, acquiring, and preserving library materials among other computer library services. OCLC no longer uses providers for their service they do it themselves. The total price of all services is $160,000, which includes all the services offered by the OCLC. Bidder’s right to protest as listed in Section 11-35-4210 in the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code applies to this announcement of an emergency procurement.
Protest to be filed with:
Chief Procurement Officer
Materials Management Office
1201 Main Street, Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
Facsimile: 803-737-0639
E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.sc.gov
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).
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