SCCB INDIVIDUAL EYE EXAMINATIONS

State of South Carolina Solicitation: 5400030106
Date Issued: 08/18/2026
Procurement Officer: KENDALL JACKSON
Phone: 803.898.2059
Request for Information
E-Mail Address: Kendall.jackson@sccb.sc.gov
Mailing Address: SC Commission for the Blind
SCCB Procurement Office
1430 Confederate Ave
Columbia SC 29201
DESCRIPTION: Individual Eye Examinations
USING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: L240 - SC Commission for the Blind
SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE VIA EMAIL TO: Kendall.Jackson@sccb.sc.gov
SUBMIT RESPONSE BY (Opening Date/Time): 08/31/2026 17:00:00 (See Section IV - Response
Instructions)
I. SCOPE OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
BACKGROUND
The Agency provides Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services to individuals in South Carolina (SC)
who are blind or low vision. To be eligible for and receive certain VR services or to participate in the
Business Enterprise Program (BEP), an individual must meet the definition of a "blind person" as
defined at 34 CFR 395.1(c).
34 CFR 395.1(c) - Blind person means a person who, after examination by a physician
skilled in diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever such person shall select, has
been determined to have:
(1) Not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses, or
(2) An equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the field of
vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no
greater than 20 degrees.
An "individual" encompasses applicants, consumers, licensees, and blind licensed vendors.
Note: VR and BEP have eligibility requirements in addition to meeting the definition of "blind
person" above.
OBJECTIVES
The objective of this Request for Information (RFI) is to locate physicians skilled in diseases of the
eye (i.e. an optometrist) or an ophthalmologist willing and capable of providing eye examinations to
individuals served by the Agency for the purpose of verifying if an individual in SC meets the
definition of a "blind person" above.

INFORMATION REQUESTED
Please answer the following questions.
1. Is your company/entity capable and willing to conduct eye examinations for individuals
served by the Agency?
2. Do you currently provide a similar service?
3. What is the estimated cost to the Agency per eye examination?
4. What areas of South Carolina does your company/entity work in? Are you willing to travel
to other areas of the state to provide services?
5. What are your thoughts on providing eye examinations to individuals served by the Agency?
(Open-ended response)
II. RESPONSE CONTENT
A cover letter including company name, point of contact name, e-mail address, and telephone
number.
Provide a brief overview regarding your company, including its history, expertise, and relevant
professional experience.
Answers to the questions under "Information Requested".
Provide any additional relevant information related to the request.
III. DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY
This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a
solicitation for future business, an offer for procurement, or any other type of current or future
procurement or contractual action and is only intended to gather input. SCCB will not award a
contract based on this RFI, nor will it pay for the information it receives. Responses to this notice
are not offers and cannot be accepted by SCCB to form a binding contract. No party is bound by
the information provided in response to this RFI.
Respondents may describe potential services or solutions for planning purposes only.
Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. SCCB is
not liable for any costs or fees incurred by the respondent in preparing its responses.
Confidentiality
If any of the information in the vendor response is considered confidential, proprietary, or a trade
secret, it must be clearly indicated on the appropriate page of the vendor response. Release of such
materials is governed by the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, which in pertinent part
requires the requester to provide specific justification as to why disclosure of particular information
in the response would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the vendor. It is
incumbent upon the vendor to specify company-specific trade secrets in need of protection where
public disclosure of said trade secrets would harm the company.

Public Access to Procurement Information in South Carolina:
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t11c035.php
SECTION 11-35-410. Public access to procurement information.
A) Procurement information must be a public record to the extent required by Chapter 4, Title 30
(The Freedom of Information Act), except as otherwise provided by this code, and with the
exception that commercial or financial information obtained in response to a request for proposals
or any type of bid solicitation that is privileged and confidential need not be disclosed.
(B) Privileged and confidential information is information in specific detail not customarily released
to the general public, the release of which might cause harm to the competitive position of the party
supplying the information. Examples of this type of information include:
(1) customer lists;
(2) design recommendations and identification of prospective problem areas under an RFP;
(3) design concepts, including methods and procedures;
(4) biographical data on key employees of the bidder.
(C) The board (i.e., governing body of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority) shall promulgate
regulations directing the public availability and disposition of documents submitted in response or
with regard to a solicitation or other request where no award is made.
(D) For all documents submitted in response or with regard to any solicitation or other request, the
person submitting the documents shall comply with instructions provided in the solicitation for
marking information exempt from public disclosure. Information not marked as required by the
applicable instructions may be disclosed to the public.
(E) A governmental body, with the approval of the appropriate chief procurement officer, may keep
portions of a solicitation confidential and release the information to prospective offerors only upon
execution of a nondisclosure agreement, provided the information is otherwise exempted from
disclosure by law.
(F) If requested in writing before a final award by an actual bidder, offeror, contractor, or
subcontractor with regard to a specific intended award or award of a contract, the procurement
officer shall, within five days of the receipt of any such request, make documents directly connected
to the procurement activity and not otherwise exempt from disclosure available for inspection at an
office of the responsible procurement officer. Without otherwise limiting any other exemptions
granted by law, and except as provided herein, documents of and documents incidental to proposed
contractual arrangements, including those used for contract negotiations, are not exempt from
disclosure after the date notice of intent to award is posted, unless the notice is subsequently
canceled.

IV. RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS
The sole point of contact for this RFI is:
Kendall Jackson
Procurement Manager
South Carolina Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate Ave
Columbia, SC, 29201
803-898-2059
Kendall.jackson@sccb.sc.gov
Respondents shall make no contact with other SCCB personnel, except as permitted by the point of
contact, concerning this RFI.
Respondents should provide their responses in Microsoft Word or PDF format via email to the
point of contact listed above.
The emailed response must be received on or before the date and time of the RFI Response Due
listed on the cover page. Please adhere to the following convention for subject lines in emailed RFI
Responses:
[Company Name] - RFI#54000xxxxx Response