Brandon University (“BU”) is a publicly funded university established under the Brandon University Act of the Manitoba Legislature. BU delivers undergraduate and graduate programming in Faculties of Arts, Science, Education, and Health Studies as well as a School of Music, primarily in Brandon, Manitoba and has approximately 3,500 students, 400 full‐time employees and 1,000 part‐time casual employees.
The purpose of this Negotiated Request for Proposal (the “NRFP”) is to solicit proposals from firms who have a team of consultants that can provide professional consulting services in a variety of service areas to support the selection and implementation of new core administrative systems. Relevant experience and expertise working on core administrative system renewal and implementation projects within a post-secondary education setting is preferred.
The core administrative systems include the following functional areas such as:
1. Student System (including recruitment, admissions, registration, academic history, graduation, degree audit, student receivables, etc.)
2. Human Resources (including payroll and position control, etc.)
3. Finance (including budgeting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, etc.)
4. Alumni and Advancement (including alumni relations and communications, fundraising, fund management, event management, volunteer management, etc.)
5. Institutional Data & Analysis (including reporting, data warehouse functionality and analytics, etc.)
6. Client Relationship Management (CRM)
BU is looking to contract with a single Proponent to provide all of the required services.
Further details about this opportunity and the requirements can be found in the attached NRFP - Brandon University, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System.
This NRFP process is expected to proceed in accordance with the following schedule, which is subject to change at BU’s discretion:
Intent to Submit - August 17, 2018, 16:00 hours CST
Deadline for Questions - August 17, 2018, 16:00 hours CST
Closing Time - August 24, 2018, 16:00 hours CST
Presentations of Shortlisted Proponents [if applicable] - September 25, 2018 at Brandon University
Contract awarded - October 5, 2018
Contract commences - November 1, 2018
8Notification of Proponent SelectionOctober 12, 2018n/a
All inquiries and proposals may be submitted to:
Rosalie Kolstad
Administration & Finance, Brandon University
2nd Floor, Clark Hall, 270 – 18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
kolstadr@brandonu.ca
(204) 571-7850