Bentley Sole Source

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is procuring a sole source contract for an annual renewal of a 2-year Enterprise Subscription (EPS365) with Bentley Systems Incorporated. The EPS365 subscription includes licenses for various Bentley software products used by SCDOT for computer-aided design, engineering, manufacturing, content management, and publishing, as well as ProjectWise, SCDOT's engineering document management system. In addition, SCDOT is procuring engineering services to support the software and extend an agreement for OpenRoads Designer migration services. The total value of this procurement is $3,040,223.38 covering the period from 9/1/24 to 9/30/26.

This is a sole source procurement, as Bentley Systems is the sole manufacturer and provider of the required software, maintenance, and services. Replacing this software would be expensive and take years due to the need for purchasing new software, programming changes, integration with mission-critical applications, and workforce training. There are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond, as this is a sole source procurement. The current incumbent vendor is Bentley Systems, and SCDOT has used Bentley software since the late 1980s for all engineering projects and has implemented ProjectWise as the agency's engineering document management system.