Scholarly Benchmarking Solution

Clemson University is seeking proposals for a high-UX database, data visualization, and reporting tool suite that must utilize individual university scholars as the base unit record. The solution should provide benchmarking of scholarly output, on-the-fly user-created national peer groupings, and continuously updated scholarly data at the individual level. The solution should also provide role-based individual-level access to these tools and datasets, synchronous and asynchronous dedicated training and ongoing professional development opportunities, and a license agreement that allows for custom requests. The contract term is for a maximum of 5 years, with the possibility of renewal options. • Key features of the solution include: • Benchmarking of scholarly output • On-the-fly user-created national peer groupings • Continuously updated scholarly data at the individual level • Role-based individual-level access to tools and datasets • Synchronous and asynchronous dedicated training and ongoing professional development opportunities • License agreement that allows for custom requests • Compliance with federal and state of South Carolina accessibility requirements • High UX that can be judged by Clemson evaluators through direct use of actual or dummy platform • Demonstrated existence of national data and meta-data of individual higher education scholars as the base unit record • SaaS web/cloud-based platforms and tools to serve the visualization and reporting that fulfill the requirements.