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Council committee backs $300,000 contract for consultant to begin ERP replacement planning
Summary
Pittsburgh City Council’s standing committee voted to recommend approval of a $300,000 contract with Plante Moran PLLC to lead requirements gathering and procurement for a replacement enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, citing that the city’s current JD Edwards platform is past end of life.
Pittsburgh City Council’s standing committee voted to recommend approval of a resolution authorizing the mayor and the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter a contract with Plante Moran PLLC not to exceed $300,000 over two years to lead requirements gathering and procurement work for a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
City officials said the city’s current ERP, JD Edwards (JDE), is past end of life and requires a consultant to develop an RFI/RFP and map workflows across departments before a replacement can be budgeted and procured. “The version of [JD Edwards] that we are currently on is, pretty much, past end of life,” Heidi Norman, director of the Department of Innovation and Performance, told the committee. She said the consultant will guide the city’s cross‑departmental team through the RFI and procurement process.
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