STC - carbon black

The State of South Carolina, specifically through the Office of State Procurement, is seeking to establish a Statewide Term Contract (STC) for Carbon Black cybersecurity software solutions for public procurement units. The procurement targets three specific Carbon Black products: CB Defense (next-generation antivirus and endpoint detection and response), CB Response (incident response and threat hunting), and CB Protection (application control for servers and critical systems). Qualified authorized resellers must submit comprehensive bids covering all line items to be considered responsive, with award going to the lowest responsible bidder based on total cumulative bid price. Mandatory qualifications include being a registered South Carolina vendor and providing a letter of designation from SolarWinds as an authorized Carbon Black reseller. Key procurement dates include a non-mandatory pre-bid conference on October 18, 2019, at 10:00 AM, with questions due by 5:00 PM that same day, and proposal submissions required by November 14, 2019, at 11:00 AM. The initial contract term is one year with four potential one-year renewals, spanning from December 6, 2019, through December 5, 2024. Evaluation criteria include fixed pricing, technical support availability within 24 hours, delivery within 30 days of purchase order, and compliance with state procurement standards.

The solicitation does not specify specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, and no incumbent vendors are explicitly mentioned. Offerors must submit pricing on an attached bid price sheet using fixed dollar values per user count, not discounts from list price. The contract is subject to a one percent administrative services fee collected quarterly by the contractor and remitted to Procurement Services. While the pricing spreadsheet shows placeholder $0 values, suggesting vendors must input actual pricing, no specific budget range or total contract value is disclosed in the documentation. The contract applies to all South Carolina public procurement units statewide, with pricing structured in user count tiers ranging from 100-999 users to 25,000+ users. Importantly, the solicitation notes that preferences do not apply per South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code Section 11-35-1524(E)(2), indicating a standard competitive bidding process. Successful vendors must also adhere to information security standards and equal opportunity requirements typical of state procurement contracts.