What the buyer needs
AI summaryGuilford Technical Community College solicits proposals for a modern, comprehensive, cloud-based academic operations platform to replace disparate systems. The requested solution must support academic scheduling, curriculum management, catalog administration, faculty workload management, enrollment forecasting, event and space scheduling, workflow automation, and reporting and analytics, while integrating with Colleague and other higher education systems. Eligible offerors must be onshore United States organizations performing the work offsite. Vendors must execute and sign offers prior to submittal, and offers remain valid for 140 days from opening. All inquiries and questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted no later than November 18, 2026, for a contract period lasting one year.
Scope of work
- Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) academic operations platform
- Academic scheduling management
- Curriculum management and catalog administration
- Faculty workload management
- Integration with Ellucian Colleague including Ellucian Ethos
- Bi-directional data exchange and automated data synchronization
- Support for Curriculum and Workforce Continuing Education operations
- Role-based security, permissions, and administrative controls
Documents to include with your response
- Signed Execution Page and all pages of solicitation document
- Attachment C: Description of Vendor Submitting Offer Form
- Attachment D: Cost Form of Vendor’s Offer
- Attachment E: Signed Vendor Certification Form
- Attachment F: Location of Workers Utilized by Vendor Form
- Attachment G: Completed References
- Attachment H: Completed Financial Review Form and Financial Statements
- Response to Section 3.4 Business and Technical Requirements
- Additional security documentation
- HECVAT (submitted upon request prior to contract award)
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via the electronic Vendor Portal
- Instructions
- Submitted electronically in .PDF, .jpeg, or png format (not password protected). Fax, telephone, or email submissions are not accepted. If proposal contains confidential information, submit one signed original electronic offer and one redacted electronic copy.