Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of East Providence is a suburb of the State Capital of Providence, RI. Key City statistics (numbers are approximate) are as follows: City Annual Operating Budget $76,830,160 Full-Time Employees 425 Total W-2’s 625 The City intends to purchase or lease a system consisting of the following specific applications listed under “A” and depending on the cost, applications listed under “B” and “C”. A B C General Ledger Budgeting HR/Payroll Requisitions/Purchase Orders Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Grants/Project Management Fixed Assets As previously noted, the immediate objective is to implement all applications listed under “A” for all City Departments, replacing Sungard as soon as possible. The Budgeting, HR and Payroll applications possibly will be implemented depending upon pricing. All vendors will be required to provide City/Town references. All related services to allow the City to successfully implement the above applications must also be provided. These services include training, data conversion, and project management. This RFP also requires vendors to propose detailed annual software maintenance and support costs for a period of 5 years. The City does not intend to purchase any required hardware, network components, systems software (e.g., Server or Desktop OS), or Database software via this RFP. However, it does require vendors to provide recommended configurations for some of those items.
