E-Commerce Platform

Vendors to provide a comprehensive and fully integrated multi-user electronic digital commerce software system solution, to include installation, configuration, training, and
maintenance, which is fully integrated with the Ellucian Banner® (currently Version 9.3.29) self-service and production environment for student applications.
- System shall consist of the necessary software and credit card, debit card, ACH and electronic check (E-check) clearinghouse communications, for the purpose of:
• Electronic Billing & Electronic Payments
• Digital commerce
• Refunds (ACH, checks, debit cards)
• Payment plans
• Real Time Account Activity
• 1098T Processing
• Text Messaging
• Mobile Payments
• Cashiering
• Accounts Receivable
- The system must provide campus constituents with a secure infrastructure for making online payments. It should automate business systems for electronic bill presentation and payments, tuition payment plan
management, e-commerce initiatives, student refunds, parent plus loan refunds, student deposits, and campus cashiering. In addition, solutions should be integrated in real time with campus student systems.
- The solution must:
▪ Be a turnkey installation with configuration and support;
▪ Be easy and fast to install without placing a demand on Montana State University’s resources.
▪ Integrate in real time with Ellucian Banner® software;
▪ Be PCI DSS compliant;
▪ Be scalable to incorporate future system expansion;
▪ Be flexible enough to communicate with our banks’ recommended credit card processors and to change processors in the future;
▪ Provide a central payment gateway capable of processing campus-wide payments, including transactions made by electronic checks, credit cards, debit cards, digital cards, and campus cards;
▪ Have a proven track record in institutions of Higher Education;
▪ Provide web-based usage, reporting, and setup:
▪ Have a test instance identical to production;
▪ Work with two instances of Ellucian Banner® (Production and Test) software;
▪ Have reconciliation capabilities for transaction activity;
▪ Keep pace with Ellucian Banner® software upgrade schedule. Vendor will upgrade to new version if necessary when the University upgrades to a new version of the Ellucian Banner® software;
▪ Be a Vendor hosted system - no credit card information will be kept on the University’s computer system.
▪ Be available on a 24x7 schedule including holidays. The system must maintain a 99% uptime rating, excepting routine maintenance downtime.