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In early 2005, a constituent committee was formed to
evaluate and recommend an enterprise system for the Coast Community College
District. This committee welcomed presentations from software companies and
viewed many demonstrations before issuing a Request for Proposals. In addition
to viewing these demonstrations, the committee also took many individual steps
such as contacting colleagues at other colleges and reviewing proprietary
system documentation, user manuals and reports.
In July of 2005, the request for
proposals garnered two responses—one from Datatel, Inc. and one from SCT
Sungard Inc. The bid responses were reviewed by the
ERP software committee
functional team leads and Strata Information Group (SIG), who assisted the
District with the preparation of the request and has extensive expertise in
California Community Colleges. Together, they then developed 10 additional
clarification questions for both bidders on July 29, 2005. Both bidders
responded on August 3, 2005 and were reviewed by the committee and SIG.
The Board approved the selection of SCT
Banner for the District’s software implementation services on August 17, 2005.
The enormous scale of the project has made an aggressive plan necessary. This
plan is now called Voyager and will help propel the Coast Community College
District and its colleges into a new frontier of service for students, faculty
and staff.
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