When is the submission deadline?

Submissions are due September 16, 2026. Questions must be submitted by August 19, 2026.

It was issued by University Of Arkansas At Little Rock. The work is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.

Who is a good fit for this opportunity?

Education technology provider with experience delivering cloud-based transfer credit and student enrollment platforms. Expertise in OCR, transcript parsing, automated course articulation, and academic equivalency management. Demonstrated ability to build mobile-responsive, branded web portals embeddable in institutional domains. Proven Slate integration and higher-education systems interoperability experience. Established information security, data privacy, and enterprise support capabilities.

Cloud-Based University Transfer Portal Solution (Due September 16, 2026)

Overview

Software, Web & Mobile Development

Little Rock, Arkansas, United StatesPosted: August 14, 2026Deadline: September 16, 2026

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SUMMARY

The university seeks a cloud-based transfer portal with automated transcript parsing, credit evaluation, student pathway modeling, administrative equivalency review, and Slate integration. The anticipated contract term is three years.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Must have a minimum of three years of experience providing student-facing transfer credit evaluation or curriculum pathway software to U.S. higher education institutions
All institutional data, student transcript artifacts, and PII must be hosted on secure cloud infrastructure located within the United States
Platform must natively support Single Sign-On (SSO) integration via SAML 2.0 or OAuth 2.0, fully compatible with Microsoft Entra ID
Must provide certified confirmation of a current SOC 2 Type II audit or a completed Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Tool (HECVAT)
Must operate an active, documented patching workflow for infrastructure vulnerabilities
Must provide an executive summary or outline of its current, documented Security Incident Response Plan
Must be able to integrate with Technolutions Slate and Workday Student

CONTRACT DURATION

36 months

TIMELINE

Release of solicitation: August 13th, 2026

Bidders Conference: August 18th, 2026

Questions from Bidders due: August 19th, 2026

Answers to questions posted: August 25th, 2026

Proposal Due Date: September 16th, 2026

Interviews: September 28th, 2026 - September 30th, 2026

Evaluation complete: October 1st, 2026

Post Intent to Award and Start of Discussions: October 5th, 2026

Award Commences: October 7th, 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE

August 19, 2026

CONTACTS

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Issuing Agency

University Of Arkansas At Little Rock

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DESCRIPTION

The university is seeking a vendor to provide a cloud-based university transfer portal and transfer credit evaluation solution under a three-year contract. The platform must provide an intuitive, mobile-optimized experience for prospective undergraduate and graduate transfer students while also supporting centralized back-office management of credit equivalencies.

The student-facing portal should be embeddable within the university’s web domain and support a seamless, branded experience across desktop and mobile browsers. Students should be able to upload unofficial transcripts, including scanned PDFs, screenshots, and high-resolution mobile photographs, to generate preliminary credit evaluations without paying a fee, downloading a mobile application, or registering with a third-party marketplace. The interface should allow students to compare parsed credits against multiple academic majors and degree pathways during a single session.

The solution must use optical character recognition and automated text processing to reduce manual transcript entry. Automated course-matching recommendations must be routed through an administrative review dashboard and receive institutional approval before newly created equivalency rules become publicly available. The platform must also provide a production-grade integration with Slate, including bidirectional synchronization of inquiry profiles and recruitment data, configurable filtering of course or college files, and a unified evaluation view covering multiple prior-learning and test-credit categories.

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When is the submission deadline?: Submissions are due September 16, 2026. Questions must be submitted by August 19, 2026.
Who issued this RFP?: It was issued by University Of Arkansas At Little Rock. The work is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
Who is a good fit for this opportunity?: Education technology provider with experience delivering cloud-based transfer credit and student enrollment platforms
Expertise in OCR, transcript parsing, automated course articulation, and academic equivalency management
Demonstrated ability to build mobile-responsive, branded web portals embeddable in institutional domains
Proven Slate integration and higher-education systems interoperability experience
Established information security, data privacy, and enterprise support capabilities

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