Verensics-SS.docx

Any vendor wishing to respondSAP

State of South Carolina

INTENT TO AWARD

SOLE SOURCE

Solicitation:

Date Issued:

Procurement Officer:

Phone:

E-Mail Address:

Mailing Address:

Procurement Director:

5400025420 05/22/2022 Myrtle K. deWerdt 803-896-8582 bidsubmissions@doc.state.sc.us SC Department of Corrections Attn: Purchasing Branch Ruthie Bishop, CPPB

DESCRIPTION: Intent to Award Sole Source – Verensics

USING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: The SC Department of Corrections

This is a (1) year Sole source with (4) automatically renewable (1) year Terms for a potential of (5) Years Initial Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2024 Potential Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2028

SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE MARKED SOLE SOURCE RESPONSE TO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES:

MAILING ADDRESS:

SC Department of Corrections Attn: Purchasing Branch 4530 Broad River Road Columbia SC 29210

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

SC Department of Corrections Attn: Purchasing Branch 4530 Broad River Road Columbia SC 29210

RESPONSE PERIOD ENDS AND MUST BE SUBMITTED BY (Opening Date/Time): 06/05/2023 @ 10:00:00a.m.

RESPONSES IF CONCERNED WITH THIS SOLE SOURCE MAY BE EMAILED TO:

bidsubmissions@doc.sc.gov

SUBJECT LINE MUST STATE INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

Any related notices will be posted at the following web address: http://www.procurement.sc.gov

IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN WITH THIS SOLE SOURCE.

All pages of this Intent to Award Sole Source must be submitted with all required information entered below.

You must also provide documentation that you are authorized to perform all aspects of the content required.

NAME OF OFFEROR

(Full legal name of business submitting the offer)

BUSINESS TYPE:

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

(Person must be authorized to submit binding offer to contract on behalf of Offeror.)

DATE SIGNED

TITLE

(Business title of person signing above)

STATE VENDOR NO.

(Register to Obtain S.C. Vendor No. at www.procurement.sc.gov)

PRINTED NAME

(Printed name of person signing above)

STATE OF INCORPORATION

(If you are a corporation, identify the state of incorporation.)

SAPHOME OFFICE ADDRESS (Address for home office / principal place of business)

NOTICE ADDRESS (Address to which all procurement and contract related notices should be sent.) (See "Notice" clause)

Area Code - Number - Extension Facsimile

E-mail Address

Intent to Award Sole Source

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

This is a (1) year Sole source with (4) automatically renewable (1) year Terms for a potential of (5) Years Initial Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2024 Potential Term: 06/05/2023 – 06/04/2028

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

The South Carolina Department of Corrections intends to Sole Source the Verensics for a pre-employment screening platform for the corrections industry. Verensics is designed to evaluate a candidate’s reliability, honesty, and integrity, including information that background screening fails to identify. This platform is a custom assessment developed specifically for the Corrections industry. The customized assessment for the Corrections industry provides Correctional Agencies with the ability to screen for job-specific categories, including Gang Affiliation, Abuse of Authority/Excessive Use of Force, and Inappropriate Relationships. The platform offers a proven process approach for mitigating risk(s) that could result in injury or impairment of people, assets, critical processes, products and/or brand reputation.

1. Admissions of involvement in criminal activity or counterproductive behaviors, regardless of whether the activities have been reported to authorities.

2. Tolerance of criminal activity or counterproductive behaviors

3. Attempts to deceive, conceal information, or evade a topic

4. Algorithmic evaluation of cursor movement

5. Algorithmic evaluation of consistency of responses

6. Algorithmic evaluation of time taken to respond to each question

7. Dynamic questionnaire adapts based on performance.

8. Capability to customize for specific client risks.

9. Defining conditions of candidate suitability.

10. Compare candidate results with defined population

11. Cloud-based

12. Results available immediately.

13. Industry-specific tailored assessment.

14. Custom risk categories tailored to the corrections industry:

· Gang Affiliation,

· Abuse of Authority/Use of Excessive Force

· Inappropriate Relationships

15. Utilize multiple customized questionnaires across an organization.

RESPONSE PERIOD ENDS AND MUST BE SUBMITTED BY DATE INDICATED ON FRONT PAGE

The Award becomes effective after opening / date and time if no responses are received

This notice will be posted in the South Carolina Business Opportunities (SCBO) for at least (5-10) business days as required by SC Code 11-35-1560.

PROTESTS:

If you are aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of the contract, you may be entitled to protest, but only as provided in Section 11-35-4210. To protest an award, you must (i) submit notice of your intent to protest within (5) business days of the date this notice is posted, and (ii) submit your actual protest within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted. Days are calculated as provided in Section 11-35-310(13). Both protests and notices of intent to protest must be in writing and must be received by the appropriate Chief Procurement Officer within the time provided. The grounds of the protest and the relief requested must be set forth with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. Any protest or notice of intent to protest must be addressed to the Chief Procurement Officer and submitted in writing.

Chief Procurement Officer -Materials Management Office 1201 Main Street, Suite 600 -Columbia, SC 29201 Facsimile: 803-737-0639 E-mail: protest-mmo@mmo.state.sc.us

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