The purpose of this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) is to acquire a Database of Scholarly Work for the Office of Institutional Analysis. Each proposal shall be with the understanding that, at a minimum, the successful bidder will be required to provide the services identified below, observing all applicable federal, state and local laws: 1. The vendor acknowledges all university data, including backup and archived, and implementation professional services will only be stored in datacenter within the continental United States. 2. Solution must provide comprehensive, longitudinal database of scholarly research activities that allow institutional credential users to explore the institution’s scholarly research and compare it to customizable peer data sets. 3. Data must be in the primary areas of scholarly accomplishment such as journal articles, citations, books, grants, conference proceedings, honorific awards, book chapters, US patents and clinical trials, with data covering a decade or longer.
