Notice Of Intent To Sole Source By:

Vendor Name:

Contract Amount:

146916

Notice Publish Date:

June 29, 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:

Harris and BPH are participating in the “ORYX” initiative sponsored by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations (JCAHO). Under this initiative, hospitals must develop performance measures and submit data to JCAHO in order to maintain accreditation. JCAHO has designated NASMHPD as the consulting groupto be used by participating hospitals in the development of performance measures. In order to maintain JCAHO accreditation, harris & BPH must utilize NASMHPD for the development of its performance measures. Sole Source amount for this reason, NASMHPD is only vendor that can provide these services. It is estimated to be $48,972 per year. For the full three year term it will be a total of $146,916. Sole source dates are February 1, 2024-January 31,2027 For the reasons above, this vendor is determined to be the only suitable and acceptable offeror. The price is fair and reasonable.

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

Brandalyn Brewer - bbrewer13@gmail.com

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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