Enterprise Business Intelligence and Analytics Software

The Vendor is required to provide an enterprise-wide business intelligence (BI) and analytics software solution that can integrate with a variety of enterprise resource planning systems including Banner, Oracle, Snowflake, Postgres, i.e., and provide a unified BI platform for centralized reporting and analytics.
- The BI solution should incorporate artificial intelligence to enhance data exploration, automate insights, and support predictive analytics. 
- This platform will be used campus wide by a variety of leaders, financial managers, and faculty / staff. 
- Users will rely on the platform to pull data from multiple sources to make meaningful, data-driven decisions.
- The new platform must seamlessly integrate with our existing data infrastructure, support self-service analytics for a broad range of users, and provide enterprise grade security and governance to ensure trust and compliance across all levels of the organization.
- Administration and DevOps
•    Environment Management
o    Support for automated migration of objects (e.g. reports, dashboards, models) across development, test, and productions environments.
o    Version control and rollback capabilities.
o    Distributed administrative model for managing duties across departments.
•    Deployment and Integration
o    Compatible with CI/CD pipelines for integration and automation of development workflows.
o    API access to query and modify metadata.
o    Clear network and infrastructure requirements for cloud deployment where data resides locally. Support for VPN needed.
o    Detailed documentation of upgrade processes and version lifecycle.
•    Testing and Operational Controls
o    Built-in or integrable testing tools to support QA workflows.
o    Tools for testing accessibility compliance, including a sandbox environment.
o    Ability to schedule and enforce blackout periods for maintenance or sensitive reporting windows.
- Security and Access Control
•    Authentication
o    Integration with SSO through 2-Factor Authentication.
o    Support for standards-based protocol including OIDC, SAML 2.0 and LDAP.
•    Authorization
o    Role-based access control (RBAC) with configurable privileges.
o    Support for row-level and column-level data security.
o    Use of custom attributes and dynamic access control lists.
•    Auditing and Threat Monitoring
o    Real-time session telemetry and usage tracking.
o    Configurable audit retention, visibility, and access policies.
o    Tools for object lineage tracking and reporting usage analytics.
o    Real-time thread detection and alerting.
- Reporting, Visualization and User Experience
•    Report Types
o    Ad-hoc report creation with simple to complex queries.
o    Pixel-perfect reports formatted for printing on agency letterhead.
o    Interactive and drill-down reports.
o    Reusable report objects and components.
•    Dashboard Capabilities
o    Multi-source data blending within a single dashboard.
o    Availability of a variety of visualization types, including charts, graphs, KPIs, etc.
o    Multi-tab dashboard and multiple reports within a unified single dashboard interface.
•    Export and Sharing
o    Export options to PDF, Excel and CSV.
o    Secure delivery options via email, AWS S3, or embedded portals.
o    Public and private report directories.
•    Collaboration Tools
o    Native connectors or integrations with Microsoft 365 tools including Excel and
•    PowerPoint.
o    Ability to build and update reports directly within Office tools.
•    User Experience
o    Intuitive, drag-and-drop report and dashboard builders.
o    Support for user bookmarks, personalized views, and search.
o    Accessibility features and support for mobile-friendly interfaces.
o    System meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) or is capable of meeting WCAG guidelines.
•    Distributed Analytics Model
o    Read-only access for audit and compliance users.
o    Departmental users able to develop within their own data domains.
o    End users enabled to build cross-domain reports.
- Scheduling and Delivery
•    Scheduling Options
o    Time- and event-based scheduling.
o    Control over recurrence rules, start / end dates, and day-of-week filters.
•    Subscription Options
o    User self-service subscriptions.
o    Data-driven subscriptions or report bursting.
o    Delivery to multiple recipients with dynamic filters and parameters.
•    Archiving
o    Report archiving with secure access and searchable history.
o    Version tracking and retrieval of historical reports.
- Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
•    Predictive Analytics
o    Built-in tools for forecasting, anomaly detection, clustering, and regression.
o    Integration with Python and common ML libraries.
o    Support for embedded alerts, including UI-based, email, and mobile.
•    AI Features
o    Natural language interface for querying data and creating visualizations.
o    Chatbot integration for conversational data exploration that can build, modify, and query dashboards.
o    AI-generated narrative explanations and data insights.
o    SQL generation and optimization via AI assistant.

- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: September 19, 2025