Simula Research Laboratory shall procure a cloud based ERP system that supports our projects in the best possible way.

Simula Research Laboratory (hereafter called Simula, SRL or contracting authority), is a non-profit company for public benefit, which is organised as a limited company owned by the Ministry of Education and Research. SRL operates basic research at a high international level, educates researchers in cooperation with different universities and contributes to new creation and innovation based on research done in the company. The company was founded in 2001. SRL has some subsidiary companies, which in the context of this tender, shall be seen as a part of SRL, see http://www.simula.no for further information on SRL.

SRL invites tenderers to a contest for a system for handling projects and finances, which shall be integrated with the existing HR and payroll system. The system shall be specially adapted to support all the phases in a project, such as the idea and application process, budgeting, start-up and resource allocation, reporting, operation and completion. The integration between the different processes shall be seamless, so that changes in one module are updated in other modules without manual intervention.

The system shall be cloud based, i.e. all the main functionality shall be on servers that are located outside Simula's premises and it shall be possible to access them from internet browsers, tablets and telephones. The contest winner must be able to assist in changing the current system to the new one that is procured.