Planning, Resource Prioritization, and Budget Request Platform

The Sonoma County Junior College District is seeking a secure, scalable, cloud-hosted, web-based platform to support the District's planning and budget processes. The platform should enable annual and multi-year planning, program/unit review, resource request, and budget prioritization. The selected vendor will provide a web-based platform and associated professional services to configure, implement, train, and support the District's planning and budget processes. The platform should have a user-friendly interface and provide features such as committee-based scoring, qualitative feedback, ranking/prioritization, and an auditable decision trail. The District is looking for a vendor that can provide a comprehensive solution that meets their functional, technical, security, and accessibility requirements. Some key features of the platform include: • Annual and multi-year planning and review budget requests • Program, department, and unit-level planning and review with narrative and data-driven analysis • Historical tracking and longitudinal reporting of plans, requests, and decisions • Version control and revision tracking for plans and requests • Submission and management of resource requests for equipment, technology/software, facilities/capital, and staffing • Configurable routing through multiple committees/governance bodies • Committee-based evaluation including configurable membership, scoring rubrics, qualitative feedback, ranking/prioritization, and recommendations • Audit trail of decisions and approvals, including reviewer requests for additional information and rationales for approvals/denials