WHEREAS, the City’s in need of an Enterprise Resource Planning Solution (ERP) that allows the organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business and automate many back office functions related to Finance, Code Enforcement, Human Resources, Procurement and Community Development , and
WHEREAS, The City of Riviera Beach Information Technology Division in association with ClientFirst Consulting the City’s applications and recommended a replacement of the multiple Departmental Solutions and the research and investment on the procurement of an Enterprise Resource Planning System during its’ 2015 IT Strategic Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, ClientFirst is a Technology Consulting firm with 10+ years’ experience, over 1,000 projects with over 250 public agencies focusing on government agencies, processes, protocols that ensure an efficient and practical strategic master plan, and
WHEREAS, ClientFirst and the City of Riviera Beach Information Technology Division discovered the need to consolidate applications and research and introduce a system that leverages all their current technology and improves their processes; and
WHEREAS, the procurement of this Enterprise Resource Planning solution includes an extended business analysis that reviews all current workflow processes to ensure best practice is being used and productivity is increased; and
WHEREAS, the City currently utilizes applications for Code Enforcement and Community Development that are over 20 years of age and no longer have support which causing Departments to duplicate their work, create manual custom made reports, increased manual labor, increased demand on staff which in turns lowers the quality of the City’s productivity, and
WHEREAS, the City’s IT Department reviewed ClientFirst recommended 3 vendors and introduced the top 2 vendors to the Finance Department, Purchasing Division, Code Enforcement Department, Human Resources Department and Community Development Department, and
WHEREAS, the Departments reviewed a 2 day in-depth demonstrations and surveyed their selections for an ERP Solution.
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Division went through the process of benchmarking the pricing for an Enterprise Resource Planning Solution providing proper comparison to the market so the City is assured the best pricing.