About this opportunity
AI summaryThe buyer requests enterprise business systems assessment and advisory consulting services to evaluate systems and support executive alignment across functional boundaries. The selected advisor must design a structured process to help executive leadership balance competing priorities between finance, human resources, and operations, identify trade-offs, and establish guiding decision principles. Eligible vendors must be onshore within the United States to perform the work offsite. Vendors may submit responses digitally through email or online for an anticipated one-year contract period, and all questions are due by November 09, 2026.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- Port of South Louisiana
Scope of work
- Assess the current enterprise business systems environment and operational effectiveness
- Identify and validate business and functional requirements framework
- Conduct an enterprise marketplace assessment of commercially available solutions
- Perform a strategic alternatives analysis comparing integrated platforms versus complementary systems
- Develop an executive investment decision framework
- Conduct an implementation readiness assessment
- Produce an Enterprise Business Systems Roadmap outlining sequence of activities
- Deliver an executive summary and executive presentation for leadership and the Port Commission
Documents to include with your response
- Executive overview describing understanding of Port objectives and value provided
- Narrative describing consulting philosophy, advisory methodology, and overall approach
- Responses to the consulting questions presented in Section 5
- Description of comparable advisory engagements emphasizing executive decision support
- Description of proposed engagement team including roles, involvement level, and experience
- Proposed engagement work plan with phases, milestones, estimated duration, assumptions, and staffing
Key dates
- RFI Released
- November 2, 2026
- Inquiry Period
- November 2 – November 9, 2026
- Deadline for Submission of Questions
- November 9, 2026
- Release of Inquiry Responses
- November 16, 2026
- RFI Response Deadline
- November 23, 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit a single electronic response in PDF format to Lisa T. French at [email protected] with subject line 'Enterprise Business Systems Advisory Services RFI Response – [Firm Name]'.
Contract details
- Term
- approximately forty-five (45) calendar days following project kickoff