Intent to sole source- SAS institute

The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has issued an Intent to Sole Source procurement for SAS Institute, Inc. software system license renewal and support. The procurement is specifically for a software license that enables the generation of critical information reports across multiple database environments, including financial, personnel, inmate systems, and jail management databases. The software supports hundreds of production reports across mainframe, AIX, and Windows platforms, and is uniquely compatible with the SCDC/State CIO mainframe environment. Vendors responding to this opportunity must be explicitly authorized by SAS Institute to provide the specified software license renewal and support services. Offers must be submitted in sealed packages to the SCDC Purchasing Branch by August 22, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., with the award to be posted on August 26, 2019. Submission methods include physical mail to 4420 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210, or email to purchasing@doc.sc.gov with a specific subject line. Respondents are required to submit all three pages of the Intent to Sole Source document and include a signed solicitation cover page.

The procurement appears to have no specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, though it does include preferences for in-state vendors and subcontractors per South Carolina Code Section 11-35-1524. The solicitation requires vendors to provide home office, notice, payment, and order addresses. While specific pricing terms, contract duration, renewal options, and funding amounts are not detailed in the document, the procurement is focused on a critical software system that would be challenging to replace without significant reengineering of existing reporting processes. The procurement officer is Myrtle DeWerdt, who can be contacted at 803-896-8582 or dewerdt.myrtle@doc.sc.us, with Ruthie Bishop serving as the Procurement Director. The sole-source nature of the procurement suggests that SAS Institute is the only vendor capable of providing the required software and support, indicating a potential high-value contract that is essential to the SCDC's operational reporting infrastructure.