Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

$73,750.00

Notice Publish Date:

October 18, 2022

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 SC Dept. of Public Safety (SCDPS) advertised an intent to award without competition for a sole source contract to K2Share LLC for recurring maintenance (Ad #26810) for the agency’s grants management system which is utilized to track sub-grantee applicants and awards which was purchased as a sole source agreement in February 2018. K2Share LLC is the original manufacturer and sole provider for the maintenance required to maintain the existing grants management system; therefore, SCDPS proceeded with the sole source in accordance with Regulation 19-445.2105 (B)(5), where the item is one of a kind. The original sole source advertisement was for maintenance with an estimated cost of $148,000 through 9/30/2022; however, the correct end date is 9/30/2023. This intent to award without competition is for SCDPS to purchase the maintenance agreement in the amount of $73,750 through 9/30/2023.

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

Catherine Sprowls - CatherineSprowls@scdps.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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