The University of Montana is seeking to award a sole‑source contract for the “Reach” SaaS platform, which enables planning, creating, scheduling, publishing, and analyzing social‑media content, together with onboarding, support, and content‑research services. The procurement is being conducted as an Intent to Sole Source (UOM‑ISS‑2026‑3354); vendors may submit a written “Request to Challenge” by the close date, after which the university may proceed with the award. No hardware is required and the solution must support unlimited editor‑level users, SSO (SAML), API connections to major social platforms, and integration with the university’s Slate CRM. Payment terms are Net 30, and the budget is confirmed but not disclosed.
• Scope: Cloud‑based Reach platform + onboarding, support, content‑research services.
• Requirements: Unlimited editor users, higher‑ed benchmarking, IPEDS‑based peer analysis, multi‑stakeholder publishing workflow, native submission forms, SSO, API integrations, Slate CRM linkage.
• Timeline: Challenge window opens 10 Oct 2026 2 PM MDT, closes 21 Oct 2026 2 PM MDT; award expected after that date if no challenge is filed.