Broomfield approves Oracle, High Street contracts to replace 18-year-old finance and HR systems

Broomfield City and County Council unanimously approved contracts on second reading to implement a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, voting to authorize a five-year Oracle Cloud subscription resold through Mythix LLC and a master services agreement with High Street IT Solutions for implementation services. The council approved the measures after staff described a multi-year, organization-wide project to move finance, budgeting, procurement and human resources off an 18-year-old platform and into a cloud-based system.

The ERP will be implemented in three phases over roughly the next two years, starting with the budget module, followed by core financials, and finishing with human resources, payroll and benefits. “An enterprise resource planning system is essentially a single integrated platform that will bring together the city and county's core functions, including finance, human resources, payroll, and procurement into one place,” said Nikki Macklin, Director of Human Services.

Graham Clark, Broomfield’s finance director, told council staff and an outside consultant from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) led a long RFP and evaluation process that included 100 staff in demonstrations and…