The University of Rhode Island (URI) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide independent Strategic Advisory and Quality Assurance Services (SAQAS) for its upcoming implementation of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Financial Management systems. The selected vendor will play a pivotal advisory role in ensuring the success of URI's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) transformation by conducting a pre-implementation readiness assessment, fit-gap analysis, and preparation activities (Phase 0), as well as providing ongoing strategic advisory and quality assurance services during the implementation phase. Important Note: The vendor selected for this RFP will not be eligible to provide additional services outside the scope of this RFP related to Workday during the implementation phases. Specifically, the selected vendor cannot provide system integration, data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), workforce backfill or front-fill, or any other implementation services. The vendor's role is strictly limited to providing independent strategic advisory and quality assurance services as outlined in this RFP.