DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Nov 29, 2001--Free and Thornton, LLC announced today that it has been awarded The California State University Master Enabling Agreement (MEA) contract for the Common Management Systems (CMS) Project.
The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a three-year length. Free and Thornton, along with other pre-qualified vendors, will help the 23-campus California State University system transition from its current technology infrastructure to the PeopleSoft student administration, human resources, and financials software suite; and also assist each campus to build enabling technology that will streamline business processes and student services.
Free and Thornton specifically will provide a full-range of Functional and Technical PeopleSoft Consulting Support services such as: fit/gap analysis, system configuration/setup, pre-go live and post-go live support, building interfaces, creating custom SQR`s and queries, and finally to provide overall implementation support services to name a few.
Free and Thornton was also awarded the ability to provide to the CSU supplemental support services related to campus planning, project implementations, change management, communication plans, provide advice for continuous process improvement, and finally to provide ancillary deployment advice.
''The Master Enabling Agreement will facilitate the California State University system`s initiative to become the most advanced and technologically sophisticated university system in the world,'' said Emily Thornton, Chief Executive Officer of Free and Thornton, LLC. ''With Free and Thornton`s extensive experience in higher education and implementing the PeopleSoft software suite, we are in a great position to meet the needs of each of Cal State`s campuses.''
Jeffrey Johnson, Vice President and Director of Higher Education Consulting-Western Region for Free and Thornton, LLC commented, ''We are ecstatic and honored to receive a contract award from such a prestigious institution as The California State University.'' Johnson continued, ''I believe our experience and our ability to deliver a finished product were what set us apart from the other companies that bid.''
About the California State University
The California State University System is the largest four-year university system in the country. More than 42,000 faculty and staff teach and support 388,000 students on 23 campuses and six off-campus centers. Nearly two million people have graduated from CSU campuses. Altogether, about half the bachelor`s degrees and a third of the master`s degrees awarded in California are from the CSU. For more information on the CSU see https://www.calstate.edu.
About the CSU Common Management Systems (CMS) Project
The mission of the CSU`s CMS project is to provide efficient, effective, high-quality service to students, faculty, and staff. This mission will be accomplished in part through the achievement of the ''target administrative environment'' by the year 2005. By 2005, the CSU (23 campuses plus the Chancellor`s Office) will:
* Perform administrative functions in concert with a common set of administrative ''best practices'' approaches.
* Support administrative functions (initially including human resources, financials, and student services) with a shared,common suite of PeopleSoft applications software.
* Operate the administrative software suite at a shared data center.
For more information on the CMS Project see https://cms.calstate.edu.
About Free and Thornton, LLC
Free and Thornton, LLC based in Dallas, is the first and only woman-owned higher education consulting organization founded and managed by former PeopleSoft Student Administration Beta and Charter school administrators. Free and Thornton`s staff of ex-university administrators who have transitioned into consultants offer specialized expertise to universities providing comprehensive student administration, financial, human resources, distance learning, and E-business solutions as well as implementing and integrating those solutions with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages and E-business software tools. Free and Thornton has more than 12 higher education clients throughout the nation, representing every type of institution from community colleges to Research 1 universities, and from public to for-profit institutions. For more information on Free and Thornton, LLC see https://www.freeandthornton.com.
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