University Of Central Arkansas Uark #IFB10202026

UAF seeks Anaplan managed services, model development, and staff augmentation

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is seeking an Anaplan-focused team to support its finance and budgeting environment. - Government buyer: University of Arkansas; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (UAF), Office of Business Affairs, Central Budget Office, supporting the Finance and Administration portfolio. - OEM/platform: Anaplan is the named platform and OEM. The solicitation seeks an Anaplan-authorized partner; no service-provider vendor is named. - Requested services and annual capacity: - Anaplan Model Builder: 2,080 hours per year, plus an optional 624 hours per year. - Anaplan Solution Architect: 1,040 hours per year. - Project Manager: 260 hours per year. - Executive Oversight: up to 104 hours per year. - Scope: Operate and administer Anaplan in production; provide application support and budget-cycle assistance; develop and maintain models, integrations, workflows, reports, and user experiences; resolve defects; optimize performance; document work; and deliver approved roadmap items and new builds. - Notable requirements: Named Model Builder and Solution Architect resources must be located in the United States unless UAF approves otherwise. Work is prioritized through a shared backlog and delivery plan. UAF pays for authorized hours actually worked; additional hours require authorization, and the optional Model Builder hours are used only when approved. - Term: One initial year with up to six additional one-year renewal options, for a maximum of seven years. Services are to begin within 30 days of written authorization. - Estimated value: No contract value is stated. The range shown is a planning estimate based on the maximum potential hours over the full term, including the optional Model Builder capacity.

Description

The University of Arkansas seeks bids from qualified Anaplan service providers for an embedded managed-services and staff-augmentation team to operate, maintain, optimize, and expand its Anaplan environment. The team will provide day-to-day administration and production support, deliver approved roadmap items, and design and build models, integrations, workflows, reports, and user experiences. The requested team includes an Anaplan Model Builder at 40 hours per week, a Solution Architect at 20 hours per week, a Project Manager at 5 hours per week, and executive oversight of up to 2 hours per week. Work will be prioritized by the University through a jointly maintained backlog and delivery plan.

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