Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified professional management firms to provide project management and implementation services related to the implementation of a new organization-wide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for the State of South Dakota. The chosen contractor will provide project management, consulting and technical assistance as specified herein, together with such other related functions and duties as directed by the State. The overall vision of the ERP modernization project is to identify, implement, and sustain an ERP system that modernizes and transforms the way South Dakota conducts its financial business. The following project goals and objectives include efforts to: • Reduce the State’s sizable technology risk exposure resulting from software obsolescence, hardware/technical infrastructure obsolescence, and the increasing scarcity of technical resources; • Resolve much of the fragmentation of the State’s existing administrative systems environment, which hinders process efficiency due to dual data entry, system reconciliations, data-synchronization adjustments, reporting from fragmented data sources, etc.; • Incorporate functionality that meets or exceeds federal security standards (e.g., NIST, FedRAMP Moderate), and provide security functions such as role-based segregation of duties and configurable approval rules that significantly strengthen financial controls; • Provide for a single Procurement system that would be fully integrated with the financial management, asset management, and inventory functions, thereby improving process efficiency and control; • Provide for better tracking and management of the State’s projects and assets; • Achieve process standardization based on best practices across the State through the implementation of a unified technology platform;
