Specifications include, but are not limited to: The University of Maine System is seeking responses to provide a grants management solution, which will support the following: There is an array of challenges faced by faculty and staff who perform and support research at the University of Maine System. There are different structures of operation and oversight, and within units varying levels of support and staffing. Over time the different structures and effective tools have led to different business processes. The lack of a unifying technology specifically intended for sponsored research has resulted in ‘work around’ or shadow systems, different processes, frustration, and uncertainty about how best to perform the work or whom to contact with questions. Although the long-term goal is to implement a full grants management solution, there is an immediate and critical need to implement a pre-award solution that will allow faculty, staff, and administration to: Organize, manage and automate proposal submissions Assemble teams responsive to RFPs Develop proposal budgets Approve proposals (compliance and administrative) Submit directly to sponsor portals Compile and analyze proposal submission data