Arkansas Ionwave #26025 Addendum 1

LRWRA HRIS Procurement Support and Implementation Consulting

Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority is seeking a consultant to help procure and implement a new human resources information system (HRIS). - Buyer: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (LRWRA), Procurement Department; the Procurement Manager or designee oversees procurement support. - Requested services: Requirements and market research, solicitation development, evaluation and selection support, project management, implementation oversight, data conversion and migration coordination, testing, go-live, stabilization, and post-implementation review. - Interfaces: Assess and document data exchanges; develop interface specifications and coordinate design, development, testing, issue resolution, and acceptance with LRWRA and the HRIS vendor selected in a future procurement. - Existing systems and named vendors: CentralSquare Technologies — Finance Enterprise, used for payroll and employee records; NEOGOV — recruitment system. These are existing systems, not HRIS products being purchased in this opportunity. LRWRA reports 366 employee records in CentralSquare and 191 job descriptions in NEOGOV. - Consultant qualifications: Proposed key personnel must collectively have at least 10 years of project-management experience, 5 years of procurement-consulting experience, and experience supporting implementation of at least two similar information systems. Subcontractor personnel may contribute to these qualifications. - Notable requirements: Data must remain in the continental United States. The consultant must attend meetings designated onsite and may not bid on the resulting HRIS solicitation or a solicitation in which it participated. No future HRIS manufacturer, product, part number, or product quantity is specified; pricing is not requested at this qualifications stage. - Contract structure: One contractor is anticipated. The initial term is two years, with extensions by mutual agreement; the addendum states the total term may not exceed seven years. A required system operational deadline is stated in the solicitation materials.

Description

Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority seeks qualifications for consulting services to support procurement of a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and oversee its implementation. The consultant will help develop solicitation requirements, support evaluation and selection, and provide consulting and project management through implementation. The scope also includes assessing and documenting HRIS interfaces and coordinating with LRWRA and the selected HRIS vendor on their design, development, testing, and implementation. The HRIS is to be operational no later than mid-2028, with the specific date to be agreed upon.

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