Public Higher Education Bulletin

The University has a need to source a commercial ERP system for Higher Education which allows input as a development partner in the design and implementation. This is needed due to the fact that a third party consulting company found that our existing custom-built ERP run on mainframe hardware is not meeting end user needs for timely access to data to enable responsible business decisions to be made via thorough analysis. In addition, as the mainframe hardware and correlating operating systems and software become less utilized as an industry, the ability to find affordable staff to maintain and update the system and hardware is increasingly more difficult. The end result of this will be an ERP system that allows significant input for customization at no additional cost to ensure the new system meets the needs of our users and business processes to the greatest extent possible. This will also cut down on the additional systems that will need to be built/purchased to supplement the ERP system. The University, on information and belief, has concluded that only one vendor can meet its need or can meet the need economically. That vendor is Unifyed, LLC. The University has provided detailed justification to support its conclusion as shown on the attached Sole Source Justification Form. Although the University has presented this as a sole source procurement, we are seeking competitive information from firms with the capability of meeting the University's needs (even if performed in a manner different from what has been presented) to contact us and provide sufficient information to show the need can be met. If we receive the information, the Chief Procurement Officer will offer a public hearing to consider the matter. Hearing information is described below.

The University has determined that this purchase is only economically available from this source because the To source a commercial ERP system for Higher Education which allows input as a development partner in the design and implementation. This is needed due to the fact that a third party consulting company found that our existing custom-built ERP run on mainframe hardware is not meeting end user needs for timely access to data to enable responsible business decisions to be made via thorough analysis.