Wageningen University's market research named Oracle and SAP for a €8-9 million software deal. About 700 people petitioned against buying from either.
The Dutch university wants to replace its old MyHR system and its procurement and finance software, the university paper Resource reported on 6 November.
Its own market research named Oracle and SAP as the companies able to supply such systems.
The university council had asked the board to require that suppliers do not sell services to organisations that systematically violate human rights. The board did not address that in its reply, and the council has heard informally that the board is bound by procurement rules. Neither Oracle nor SAP commented in the article.
Bidders can register until 12 November. If more than three apply, the university picks three by 2 December. The petitioners, about 700 staff, students and alumni, plan to hand their signatures to the board on 20 November, eight days after registration closes.
For any public buyer of ERP software the case sets a hard test. A tender condition on human rights would have to work inside procurement law, against the only two suppliers its own research named.
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