Sanla Clara Valle� Water District

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

FOR

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGED

SERVICES - ORACLE APEX SUPPORT

(RFP) CAS File No. 4925

Issue Date:

October 18, 2018

Information Technology Managed Services- Oracle Apex Support

(RFP) CAS File No. 4925

The District requires both electronic and written responses to be submitted by Proposers to be

considered responsive. Proposals received after the date and time stated above will be rejected as

non responsive.

· Proposers are strongly encouraged to upload their electronic proposal in CAS significantly prior to the RFP

Due Date and time to avoid last minute system issues. Further, proposers are reminded to click the

"Submit Response" button to ensure their proposal is uploaded correctly.

All written Proposals shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the Project number, the title of the

Project, the date and hour RFP is due, and the name of the Proposer.

Refer to Section 5 Instructions to Proposers for detailed instructions about submitting proposals.

1.5. Pre-Proposal Conference and Site Meeting

There will be no preproposal conference or site meeting for this RFP.

1.6. Communication Protocol

Please direct questions concerning the RFP Documents, Proposal procedure and legal requirements to the

designated contact for this project:

Contact: Elizabeth Millwee

Email: emillwee@valleywater.org

Phone: 408-630-2246

All questions must be submitted via email.

The deadline for submitting questions is provided in Section 1.8 RFP Schedule.

Proposers may not communicate with District Board Members, staff or consultants. All requests for

clarification, objections to or questions about the structure, content or distribution of this RFP, or other

questions during the procurement process must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist.

Communicating with any District representative(s) about this RFP other than as specifically permitted

herein is grounds for disqualification.

Questions and/or objections must be as specific as possible and must identify the name of the project and

the RFP section number and title at issue. Any party submitting a question or objection must be as specific

as possible in their description.

Proposers must only rely on information contained in this RFP, and any subsequent written supplement

issued by the District through District's RFP process. Proposers shall not rely on any other written or oral

statements of the District or its officers, directors, employees, or agents regarding the work, including

statements made during site tours or otherwise.

1. 7. Addenda to RFP Documents

The District reserves the right to make changes to the RFP documents as it may deem appropriate up to

the Proposal Due Date. Any and all changes in the RFP documents will be made by one or more written

addenda, and will be posted in the District's CAS. Automatic notification of addenda is sent to proposers

registered under the Expertise Code identified in Section 1.2 Obtaining the Request for Proposal.

If such addenda require changes in quantities or affect the prices, proposal, or both, the Proposal Due

Date may be postponed by such number of days as in the opinion of the District will enable Proposers to

revise their Proposals. In any case, the Proposal Due Date will be at least five (5) business days after the

Santa Clara Valley Water District

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Section 1- Introduction and Background

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SECTION 3 PROJECT INFORMATION AND SCOPE OF WORK

3.1. Project Summary

3.1.1. General Overview

The Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) is requesting proposals from interested, highly qualified

firms to provide one immediate Oracle Application Express contract position to support the Stream

Maintenance Unit. This assignment will not exceed an estimate of 1200 labor hours per position for a 12-

month period with the SCVWD, located at 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California 95118.

3.1.2. Project Objectives

The District's Watershed division has been using the Stream Maintenance Program (SMP) application

since 2007. It was based on original permit requirements that were established in 2002. The District

negotiated a new SMP permit in 2013 and it was named SMP2 for brevity. In 2014, a new SMP2 database

application was developed using Oracle development technology - Oracle Application Express (APEX) to

address the permit rule changes. SMP2 is a large Information System, which is integrated with Maximo

and utilizes various GIS/Oracle Spatial technologies. SMP2 is the single largest in-house developed custom

Web Application that consists of 899 database objects, 212 Web pages and around 20,000 lines of server

side code. This application supports critical reporting needs of the Stream Maintenance Program. The

primary objective of this contract work is to provide application support to APEX.

Candidate must possess a demonstrated knowledge of software engineering practices for the full

software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management,

build processes, testing and operations.

Expertise in APEX

a. Building enterprise applications leveraging the advantages of Oracle APEX, Oracle Database, and

modern front-end technologies

b. Securing APEX Applications to implement Role Permissions, following Best Practices and

Advanced Hacker-proof Development Techniques

c. APEX Installation and Configuration

d. Developing Entire New System using Oracle APEX

e. Creating Custom and Advanced Components

f. Strong Javascript, jQuery

g. Several Tabular Forms on the Same Page

h. Wizard Pages with Standard Forms and Progress Bar

i. Dynamic Actions and Validations

j. Application processes

k. Regions Hierarchy following Desired Layout

I. Custom Templates and Themes following desired Layout and Style

m. Dashboard Admin Portal with Charts drilling down to Reports

n. Centralized Configurable Security to define Read-Only or Access permissions to all APEX

application pages

o. Functionality to read csv file and process its records following complex business rules

p. Drill-down Charts and Reports

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