Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City requires a qualified professional with proven experience in ERP projects, including overall project management, process assessment, process improvement, needs assessment, requirements specification and RFP development, software selection assistance, contract negotiations and implementation to provide direction for selecting a comprehensive ERP system. The project will be split into three phases. The consultant must identify experience in all three of the following phases: • Phase I – Needs Assessment • Phase II – Request for Proposal (RFP) scope of work development and selection Assistance • Phase III – Implementation Project Management Services The City reserves the right to proceed or not proceed at the conclusion of each phase and to issue an RFP for ERP consulting services at a later date. Phase I – Needs Assessment The focus of this phase is to document functional requirements needed to run and streamline the City’s business practices for input into the RFP to be issued for provision of the ERP system. Departments will be interviewed to determine process assessment, process improvement and requirements, with industry best practices considered. Major outcomes of this phase include a requirements specifications document, a list of potential suitable ERP solutions, a cost estimate of a suitable ERP system, and a proposed project plan and timeline. The document should fully describe all types of resource commitments that will be required of staff.
