Cloud Based Accountability Management System

The Vendor is required to provide a cloud-based accountability management system (AMS).
- Explore cloud-based AMS solutions to support both accreditation and assessment processes, which are essential to institutional effectiveness and continuous improvement.
- An effective AMS will support the College’s efforts to meet regional and programmatic accreditation standards by providing tools for efficient self-study documentation, collaboration, and publication.
- The system should also include assessment mapping tools that visually represent the relationships between learning outcomes, courses, and curriculum, providing clarity of purpose and alignment with institutional goals.
- Software’s capabilities and approach related to the following areas:
•    Meeting regional and programmatic accreditation standards in higher education.
•    Reporting and analytics capabilities.
•    Support for assessment processes and student learning outcomes.
•    User experience for faculty and staff input (e.g., intuitive interfaces, auto-saving, dashboards, reminders).
•    Flexibility to accommodate different operational or institutional models.
•    Configuration and setup options for AMS to align with higher education processes and structures.
•    Generating reports on learning outcomes and data visualization tools.
•    Mapping academic programs, service areas, and administrative functions for assessment.
•    Tools for defining outcomes, measures, and success criteria.
•    Ability to create program assessment maps showing where outcomes are assessed within courses.
•    Features to support compliance readiness and annual self-audits between accreditation cycles.
•    Tools for managing the self-study process, narrative writing, document organization, and publishing results.
•    Capacity to handle large file uploads.
•    Role-based access controls and permissions for various institutional roles.
•    Data import and export capabilities.
•    Application Programming Interface (API) capabilities for secure two-way data integration with systems such as LMS, email, reporting tools (Power BI, Excel Tableau), and other institutional platforms. Include supported protocols, formats and integration options.
•    Cloud hosting, deployment, and configuration capabilities.
•    Sharing capabilities, including integration with external platforms (e.g. LinkedIn).
•    Communication capabilities such as email, SMS, and internal messaging.
•    Security features protecting system access, credentials, and data integrity.
•    Storage and management of digital credentials (e.g., wallets, backpacks, portfolios).
•    Ability to perform seamless upgrades and updates without significant downtime.
•    Potential challenges or considerations the College should anticipate in implementing such a system.
•    Self-service options for administrators and end-users (e.g., submitting forms, help tickets, managing system configurations).
•    Technical support and maintenance services provided.
•    Any other features or differentiators your software platform provides that the College should consider.

- Questions/Inquires Deadline: September 29, 2025