Rfp Bi

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DATA WAREHOUSING Business Intelligence (BI) TOOL FOR RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York http://www.rpi.edu November 2001

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Objective This Request For Proposal (RFP) is issued for the purpose of supporting the institute-wide initiative of developing a data warehouse architecture that provides improved access toinformation, fostering more informed decision-making. The Business Intelligence (BI) tool is an integral part of the data warehousing architecture that will be used by the administrative and data warehousing professional staff to navigate through the data of the data warehouse.

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About Rensselaer Rensselaer has been at the forefront of scientific and technological education since 1824. This year,U.S. News & World Report ranked Rensselaer among the top 50 universities nationwide. Rensselaer’s long-standing reputation for educational excellence draws students from every U.S. state and from over 80 foreign countries. Comprised of five schools serving both undergraduate and graduate students, Rensselaer is a private university with a majority of its facilities located on a 260acre campus inTroy, New York. Other Rensselaer facilities exist in Hartford, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut. In Troy, there are approximately 500 faculty members, 1400 staff members, 5200 undergraduate students, and 1800 graduate students.

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Response Requirements: Please submit one (1) unbound and twenty (20) bound copies of your Proposal, organized and tabbed as described below. Executive Summary:Include in this tab an executive summary discussing the highlights of the proposal. Please do not include pricing information in this tab. Introduction: Include in this tab any information that your company wishes to submit about the nature of your business and primary business focus. Include information about what makes your company (not the product) different from your competitors. ProposalFormat: 6.1 Rensselaer will be imaging all proposals. Please leave one copy unbound for imaging; the other 20 copies should be bound. The official name of the firm submitting the proposal must appear on the outside front cover of each binder, together with the title “RFP Data Warehousing BI Tool Proposal.” 6.2 Each proposal page must be numbered consecutively from the beginning of the proposal(Executive Summary) through all appended material.

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Contract Terms: Include copies of all contracts or agreements that you expect Rensselaer to sign.

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Exceptions: Include in this section either a statement that you will make no exceptions to the requirements of the RFP, or a statement clearly indicating any exceptions and a statement of substitute wording for resolvingthe exception. Company Profile: Please include the following information about your company: the nature of your business and primary business focus, the percentage of business that comes from the BI tool referenced in the RFP, your company’s major differentiator (i.e. what makes your company—not your product—different from your competitors), the mailing address and contact information for yourheadquarters, and the mailing address and contact information for your office closest to Rensselaer (Troy, NY).

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10 Financial Stability: Each proposal must include a certified external audit statement and the 10-K report of the last corporate fiscal period for the firm submitting the proposal. Each vendor must submit documentation indicating at least three years of experience, as of theproposal submission date, in providing services similar to those required in this RFP. 11 Billing Methods: Describe in detail your billing methodology. Rensselaer is exempt from payment of certain taxes; it is expected that invoices will not include taxes for which an exemption applies. A tax exemption certificate can be provided upon request. 12 Costs: Please specify pricing for each component....