September - University of Nebraska

to meet estimated first year costs of a common SIS system and
for migration of NSCS to the University’s SAP system. In the
Legislative Session just ended, the One Hundredth Nebraska
Legislature in LB 959 provided a deficit appropriation of
$20,000,000 with $14,444,000 to the University toward the SIS
system. The remaining $5,556,000 was appropriated to the
NSCS for SIS and the migration to SAP. Of the amount
appropriated to NSCS, $1,900,000 was earmarked for the SAP
migration.
Proposals were evaluated by teams from both the University and
NSCS judging responses from a number of aspects including
implementation, flexibility, functionality, decision support, and
cost effectiveness. Negotiations were held with two software
finalists, SunGard Banner and Oracle PeopleSoft. In addition to
pricing discussions, the negotiations gained important
information from both finalists clarifying and enhancing
representations and offerings in the responses to the RFP. An
important part of those negotiations included each finalist
responding that their firm had all the information needed and had
their questions answered such that they were in position to make
a final and best offer to the University and NSCS.
SunGard does its own implementation of the Banner product,
and the Banner implementation costs were negotiated as part of a
possible contract with SunGard. Oracle PeopleSoft did not
propose to implement the software for this project. As a result, a
parallel negotiation was held with a third entity, CedarCrestone,
Inc., for the implementation. Responses were received from
CedarCrestone on the same schedule as those of SunGard and
Oracle.
The results of the evaluations and the information gained in the
negotiations were forwarded to President Milliken and NSCS
Chancellor Carpenter for their consideration. A detailed briefing
was then presented to the University of Nebraska Chancellors.
The Business Affairs Committee of the Board of Regents was
also provided with a similar briefing.
Based on the information as presented by the two finalists, it is
the recommendation of the University and NSCS that contracts
for purchase and implementation of an SIS system be entered
into with Oracle USA, Inc. and CedarCrestone, Inc. in the form
as attached.
The total cost for software and implementation, which is
scheduled to be complete in August 2010, is estimated at
$29,800,000.
On-going maintenance and support, including software and
hardware maintenance fees and support personnel are estimated
at $2,500,000. With approval of this item, University officials