UNISYS CORP. v. SC BUDGET & CONTROL BD.

No. 25342.

346 S.C. 158 (2001)

551 S.E.2d 263

UNISYS CORPORATION, Appellant/Respondent, v. The SOUTH CAROLINA BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD DIVISION OF GENERAL SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, as an agency of the State of South Carolina, as agent for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (formerly the South Carolina Health and Human Services Finance Commission), and as agent for the South Carolina Department of Social Services; Voight Shealy, in his official capacities as Acting Information Technology Management Officer and Chief Procurement Officer of the Information Technology Management Office; Ronald E. Moore, in his official capacities as Technology Management Officer and Chief Procurement Officer of the Information Technology Management Office; the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; and the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Defendants, Of whom The South Carolina Budget and Control Board Division of General Services Information Technology Management Office, as an agency of the State of South Carolina, as agent for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (formerly the South Carolina Health and Human Services Finance Commission), and as agent for the South Carolina Department of Social Services; Ronald E. Moore, in his official capacities as Technology Management Officer and Chief Procurement Officer of the Information Technology Management Office; the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; and the South Carolina Department of Social Services are Respondents/Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 14, 2001.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Johnston, Michael J. Giese, and James T. Hewitt, of Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C., of Greenville, for appellant/respondent.

Marcus A. Manos, Wilburn Brewer, Jr., and Susan Batten Lipscomb, of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, L.L.P., of Columbia, for respondents/appellants.


MOORE, Acting Chief Justice:

This dispute involves the State's multi-million dollar contract with appellant Unisys Corporation for the implementation of a state-wide automated child support enforcement system as required under the federal Family Support Act of 1988. Unisys appeals the dismissal of its complaint. We affirm.

FACTS

On February 22, 1993, respondent Information Technology Management Office (ITM Office) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP...

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