STC - LEARNING CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The State of South Carolina is procuring a Learning Content Management System (LCMS) through a comprehensive statewide term contract solicitation designed to serve K-12 schools, higher education institutions, business, and government entities. The procurement is structured across four distinct lots: Lot 1 (K-12 Contractor Hosted), Lot 2 (K-12 Managed Hosted), Lot 3 (Higher Education/Business/Government Contractor Hosted), and Lot 4 (Higher Education/Business/Government Managed Hosted). The LCMS solution must provide robust functionality including course delivery, content development, communications, student involvement, reporting, and administrative tools with mandatory compliance to SCORM, IEEE LOM, and IMS standards. Proposals are due March 28, 2024, at 11:00 AM EDT, with a non-mandatory pre-proposal conference held February 14, 2024, via Microsoft Teams. The evaluation criteria will be comprehensive, allocating 70 points to the technical proposal, 20 points to the business/pricing proposal, and 10 points to past performance and qualifications. Vendor solutions must have been in production for a minimum of five years and deployed at no fewer than 30 North American institutions of learning.

The solicitation allows for award to one to three vendors per lot, with potential contract terms running from June 4, 2024, through June 3, 2029, including an initial one-year term and four optional one-year renewal periods. While no specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are explicitly mentioned, vendors must be registered with South Carolina and pay a 1% administrative services fee on total quarterly sales. The contract requires vendors to demonstrate SOC-2 and/or FedRAMP compliance, maintain 99.9% system uptime, and provide comprehensive support including 24/7/365 response for critical incidents. Pricing will be evaluated using a standardized scenario approach comparing vendor proposals across full-time equivalents, user counts, supplemental modules, training hours, and professional services requirements. Contractors must provide detailed pricing in Attachment C, including core component bundle pricing, supplemental module costs, migration expenses, training costs, and professional services hourly rates, with monthly pricing restricted to not exceed 10% more than the corresponding annual price divided by twelve.