Award Management System

Description

The University of Bristol (UoB) approved a business case to procure an Award Management System to manage research (and research-related) grant costings. The main objective of the procurement is to deliver a solution which: - Produces fEC/TRAC compliant costs and prices - Associates multiple costings with a research project - Cost and prices complex research projects involving multiple internal organisational structures, funders and external collaborators - Has scheme templates for major funders provided as standard by the supplier - Has the capability for the UoB to create Scheme templates for other funders - Has a Dashboard with milestone information relating to the progress of research applications - Integrates with the UoB ERP System for staff costings and project set up - Integrates with the Case Management System for providing milestone information to the academic community - Has the capability to configure, review and approval workflows - Has the provision of funder specific submission reports for funder portals - Records award acceptance information - Generates standard and customised reports, for workflow tasks and approvals, and for application and award data - Exchanges data analytics with management information tools, such as Business Objects Additional information: The dates indicated in Section 1 and the contract value assume that the option to extend is exercised in full. The initial contract period will be for 5 years with the option to extend for a maximum of a further 5 years.

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