University of Illinois at Chicago
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Vendor: Academic Analytics LLC
Change Order Amount: $0
The prior sole source procurement was for 3+ years and it was intended this sole source also be an extended term. The University is canceling the change order request for the additional 2 year term. The extended term for 3 years has been replaced with Sole Source #463JMG.
This change order corrects and replaces the change order posted below on July 14, 2017.
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Margaret van Dijk.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Vendor: Academic Analytics LLC
Change Order Amount: $0
The prior sole source procurement was for 3+ years and it was intended this sole source also be an extended term. There is no additional cost associated with extending this to a 2 year term. It is in the State�s best interest not to have to complete another sole source procurement in less than a year when there are no additional costs associated with the extension.
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Margaret van Dijk.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:Vendor: Academic Analytics LLC, Fort Mill, SC
Amount: An estimated $191,000
Terms:
An estimated start date of 7/1/2017 through 6/30/2018, 12 months
Renewals:
None
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
The hearing has been cancelled since no vendors registered to attend or submitted comments regarding this notice.
First published Monday, June 12, 2017
The University awarded a contract for Comparative Faculty Scholarly Activity Data to Academic Analytics LLC, Fort Mill, SC, for an estimated $191,000.
Academics Analytics combines a database of faculty publications, citations of publication, funded grants, and honorific awards along with an interface of analytical tools in a single product Academic Analytics was US Patent #7,653,608 "System and method for ranking academic programs" as summarized by the abstract text: A computer-implemented method for ranking a plurality of academic programs includes receiving of records corresponding to academic programs, respectively, combining elements of the plurality of records to determine respective z-scores according to a predetermined metric, and ranking the plurality of academic programs according to the respective z-scores.
The University has determined that this purchase is only economically available from this source because the item or service is copyrighted or patented and is not available except from the holder of the copyright or patent.
For additional information, contact:
State Purchasing Officer - Margaret van Dijk
The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire
qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.
