Software to assist University of Montana researchers locate potential grant funding sources.

The University of Montana seeks a specialized software solution (or SaaS platform) that helps its researchers locate and match potential grant funding sources. The solution must provide continuous data crawling of federal, foundation, corporate, and international funding opportunities, integrate researcher profiles (including ORCID), and deliver AI‑driven matching, alerts, and reporting. The university expects one “each” license with implementation, ongoing licensing, and support services, and requires compliance with accessibility, security, and non‑discrimination statutes. • Core functionality: automated grant‑opportunity aggregation, researcher‑profile integration, AI recommendation engine, alerts & newsletters. • Technical requirements: WCAG 2.0 AA/Section 508 compliance, NIST 800‑53 security controls, ORCID/NLP integration, SaaS or on‑premise deployment. • Evaluation criteria: 800 points for service quality (demo, database coverage, matching accuracy, support) and 200 points for lowest cost; vendor must provide three recent university references and meet insurance and Firearms Freedom Act certifications.