Bid MSU2026069 RFP

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Mississippi State University Request for Proposals (RFP) MSU2026069 Scholarship Award Management System ISSUE DATE: April 29, 2026 ISSUING AGENCY: Office of Procurement Services Mississippi State University 405 Garrard Road Starkville, MS 39759 Sealed Proposals, subject to the conditions made a part hereof, will be May 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM in the MSU Office of Procurement and Contracts, same address above, for furnishing services and potentially, optional services as described herein. IMPORTANT NOTE: Indicate firm name, and RFP number on the front of each sealed proposal envelope or package. All inquiries concerning this RFP should be directed to: Jay Rester Office of Procurement and Contracts, (Same address above) jrester@procurement.msstate.edu 662-325-2550 Any addendum associated with this RFP will be posted at http://www.procurement.msstate.edu/procurement/bids/index.php located under RFP MSU2026068. It is the respondent’s responsibility to assure that all addenda have been reviewed and if applicable, signed and returned. 1. UNIVERSITY OVERVIEW Mississippi State University (MSU) is a comprehensive land grant university of 21,500+ students and approximately 5,000 faculty and staff. The main campus is located adjacent to the 1 community of Starkville in northeast Mississippi, with a remote campus located in Meridian with an enrollment of around 700 students. Additionally, the university operates several remote agricultural experiment stations and has an Extension office located in each of the eighty-two Mississippi counties. Additional information about MSU can be found at our website www.msstate.edu. 2. INVITATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSAL ON RFP The MSU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships (OFAS) is seeking a web/cloud-based scholarship award management system that will enable the OFAS, the MSU Foundation, and the academic colleges/departments to facilitate scholarship administration. This system will allow these offices to manage scholarship applications and communications, import incoming/current student data from Banner SIS, conduct reviews of scholarship applications, select award recipients, and permit the awarding and renewal of scholarship awards. These individual offices must be able to conduct these processes as separate units. 3. SCOPE OF SERVICES REQUIRED The MSU OFAS desires a system which provides the functions needed to meet the scholarship administration requirements.