Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

69270

Notice Publish Date:

July 17, 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:

The South Carolina Institute of Innovation and Information (SCIII), 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 with Subscription People. The total potential value the contract is approximately $69,270. The anticipated contract duration is 07/26/2023 until 07/24/2026.

The South Carolina Institute of Innovation and Information (SCIII), intends to procure Consortia Manager. Consortia Manager is a unique product in the market place in that it provides an electronic management system built specifically for consortia to manage high-volume workflows used in the administration of e-resource subscriptions for multiple libraries.

Please see Section 11-35-4210(1): Right to Protest of the South Carolina Code of Laws for information relating to protest rights.

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

Matthew Charles Hall - matthew.hall@admin.sc.gov

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:

Information Technology Management Officer

(a) by email to:

protest-itmo@itmo.gov

(b) by post or hand delivery to:

1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

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