The New York State Office of Information Technology (ITS) is announcing a Discretionary Procurement for qualified entities that can provide the consulting services described in the attached solicitation document. ITS is seeking the assistance of a highly skilled consultant(s) with experience and proven success in the migration of legacy PowerBuilder / EAServer applications to Appeon PowerBuilder and a Microsoft based web service middleware.
This opportunity is authorized under Section 163 of State Finance Law as a Discretionary Purchase. ITS intends to contract pursuant to its discretionary purchasing authority under State Finance Law Section 163(6), which authorizes purchases without a formal competitive process in certain circumstances. This opportunity is limited to purchases up to the Discretionary Buying Threshold from respondent organizations qualified as:
- NYS certified Minority and/or Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE)
- NYS certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB)
- NYS Small Business Enterprises (SBE)
The Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) is carrying out a large-scale modernization of many core application systems. ITS is the WCB's information technology service provider and key partner in delivering enterprise-wide transformations. The modernization effort and associated software delivery will occur incrementally as part of the OnBoard program. The OnBoard program roadmap will consist of multiple, discrete projects, which will cumulatively result in the full implementation of a final WCB enterprise-wide software solution hosted on Azure, as well as the sunsetting of all legacy systems.
The services in this solicitation pertain to Insurance Compliance (IC2), one of the WCB's mission-critical systems. IC2 was developed with a distributed architecture using PowerBuilder (PB) 10.5 for the front-end application, EAServer 5.5.0 a middleware transaction processing server leveraging the Cynergy Systems' Enterprise Application Framework (EAF) using CORBA calls, and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16 for the database back-end.
*PLEASE SEE REMAINING INFORMATION AND SCOPE OF WORK IN THE ATTACHMENTS*
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No
Total MWBE Participation Goals: 30%
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6%
Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0%
Due date:10/21/2024 4:00 PM
Contract term: 1 Year (est.)
County(ies): All NYS counties
Location: Albany
Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years:
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Background
The New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) is initiating a Discretionary Procurement for consulting services to assist in the modernization of core application systems for the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB).
The WCB is undertaking a significant modernization effort as part of the OnBoard program, which aims to transition from legacy systems to a comprehensive enterprise-wide software solution hosted on Azure. This solicitation specifically addresses the migration of the Insurance Compliance (IC2) system, which is critical to WCB's operations and was originally developed using PowerBuilder and EAServer technologies.
Work Details
The contractor will provide consulting services that include:
- Two lead development resources to rewrite the Enterprise Application Framework (EAF) framework Java classes into C#.
- Deployment of code through Development (DEV), Quality Assurance (QA), and Production environments at appropriate times in the development lifecycle.
- Conducting code reviews and knowledge transfer sessions with New York State IT staff.
- Remediation of any post-deployment issues.
The specific IC2 web applications that will utilize the newly rewritten EAF framework include:
1. IC Inquiry
2. Investigator Mobile Application (IMA)
3. IC2 Employer Response
4. Office of Court Administration (OCA) Application Development
5. Request for DB/WC Exemption
6. DB Proof-of Coverage Application Development
7. WC Proof-of Coverage Application Development.
Period of Performance
The contract term is expected to be one year, commencing upon approval by the Office of the New York State Comptroller (OSC). The project schedule will be determined by the State.
Place of Performance
The work will be performed remotely, with a primary location in Albany, NY.
