Town and schools narrow financial-software search; three vendors set for multi-day demos

Town and school technology and finance staff said they received four proposals in response to a request for proposals for a unified financial and human-resources system and will invite three vendors for multi-day demonstrations and interviews spread over several weeks. Cecilia, who is coordinating the vendor schedule, told the committee the evaluations will group similar modules on the same days so staff can directly compare general ledger, billing and collections, document management and reporting capabilities.

The demonstrations will be held in modules over six days across three weeks; two of the three vendors have already confirmed dates, Cecilia said. The schedule posted to committee participants lists demonstration dates beginning Oct. 30, with additional benchmark dates on Jan. 29, March 26 and May 28 (dates provided in the meeting).…