Intent to Sole Source Cazoodle Inc. GrantForward Software

The University of Montana is considering a request from the UM Admissions Office to award a Sole Source contract to Cazoodle Inc. for GrantForward Software to help UM researchers locate potential grant funding sources. The software is needed to replace Funding Institutional, which has not been meeting the UM researchers' needs. The University has evaluated other software vendors, including Atom Grants, Web of Science Research Intelligence, Grant Radar, and FundFit, but found GrantForward to be the most suitable option. The software has unique features such as specialized data-crawling technology, ORCID integration, and an AI bot that uses individual researcher profiles paired with natural language processing to find funding opportunities. • The contract is for the provision of GrantForward Software. • The software will be used to help UM researchers locate potential grant funding sources. • The University has evaluated other software vendors and found GrantForward to be the most suitable option. • The contract is expected to be awarded to Cazoodle Inc. unless evidence is presented that more than one source is available to provide the product/services.