PREDICTIVE ANALYTIC SOLUTION

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCTC) in South Carolina is soliciting proposals for a comprehensive predictive analytic solution designed to enhance student success, retention, and institutional accountability. The procurement seeks a vendor-hosted or cloud-based software platform that will integrate with existing institutional systems, including the Student Information System (Colleague) and Learning Management System (D2L), to provide advanced predictive modeling capabilities. The solution must support 125-150 faculty and staff users, generate predictive models for student retention, course completion, and graduation, and include features such as early alert systems, role-based access controls, degree auditing, and program planning functionalities. Proposals were due online by September 3, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., with a mandatory pre-proposal conference held virtually on August 12, 2021. The contract will have an initial three-year term with two optional one-year renewals, for a maximum contract duration of five years, with an anticipated start date of October 22, 2021, and full implementation expected by January 2022.

No specific minority business enterprise status was required for this solicitation. The procurement does not identify an incumbent vendor and requires potential respondents to demonstrate experience in higher education, preferably with two-year colleges of comparable size. Vendors must complete detailed security assessment questionnaires and provide references from similar institutions. The solution must ensure FERPA compliance, with all government information remaining within the continental United States, encrypted at rest and in transit, and exclusively owned by OCTC. Insurance requirements include Commercial General Liability coverage of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and Information Security and Privacy coverage of at least $5,000,000 per occurrence. While specific budget details were not disclosed, the solicitation indicates that pricing should be submitted using Attachment C, with separate itemization of implementation fees and annual maintenance fees for each of the five potential contract years.