Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

$5,552,413.00

Notice Publish Date:

February 10, 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 Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) intends to award a Sole Source contract valued at $5,552,413 for three (3) years to provide ongoing implementation and software maintenance and support, including software patches and fixes, for ePermitting. ePermitting is DHEC’s online platform for environmental permitting, licensing, registration, projects, reporting, monitoring, complaints, compliance, and enforcement. ePermitting is designed to support the full regulatory lifecycle while allowing our customers to do business with the agency through the platform. ePermitting was originally purchased competitively for DHEC use in 2015 (solicitation 5400008580). This system as installed at DHEC includes the following modules: nVIRO, nFORM, nSPECT, nVISAGE, and nSITE Explorer. These products are all developed, sold, and have been supported by Windsor Solutions, Inc. which owns the source code to this proprietary software. Contact agency Procurement Manager to obtain a copy of the written justification. Potentially qualified vendors should contact Tripp Clark at clarkhc@dhec.sc.gov by Monday, February 27 at 5:00 PM for additional information.

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

Tripp Clark - clarkhc@dhec.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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