Notice Of Intent To Sole Source

The University of South Carolina is entering a sole‑source contract with IBM for annual maintenance and support of its existing IBM SPSS Statistics and IBM SPSS Amos Perpetual Enterprise Unlimited Licenses. The services include software maintenance, product updates, patches, technical support, and continued support of the university’s enterprise deployment, which is already fully operational across campus. No new implementation or installation work is required; the agreement simply renews the university’s right to receive vendor‑supported updates and assistance for the perpetual licenses. • Vendor: IBM provides software maintenance and support services. • Scope: Ongoing updates, patches, and technical support for SPSS Statistics and SPSS Amos enterprise licenses already deployed university‑wide. • Contract value: $120,342.81 for the renewal period.