Posted Date : March 12,2021
Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : SW-41848
Government Authority located in Arkansas; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for online adult education grants management system.
[A] Budget: Looking for Proposals
[B] Scope of Service:
Vendor needs to provide Web-based software grants management system for assisting local adult education and literacy providers and the State administrative entity in tracking and reporting all grant and financial information for adult education programs.
- HOSTING
A. Prospective Contractors shall propose a Contractor hosted solution. Contractors proposing a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution will be considered under the Contractor Hosted model.
B. All servers and data associated with the Arkansas instance of the Contractor Hosted Solution must reside in the continental United States.
C. Agency prefers the proposed system be hosted on a private cloud or a virtual private cloud. For the purposes of this RFP, a private cloud is either a single-tenant environment where the hardware, storage, and network are dedicated to AALRC; or a virtual private cloud, a multi-tenant environment with network isolation and private subnets. Contractors may propose other types of cloud in their proposal, but preferential scoring will be given for private or virtual private cloud.
D. The system must be FedRamp compliant.
E. Contractor shall perform all work on the proposed system from within the continental United States of America. The system must not be accessed from outside of the U.S.
F. The Contractor shall be responsible for the acquisition and operation of all hardware, software, and network support related to the hosting services being provided.
G. The Contractor shall develop and implement the system and all dependent hosted hardware in such a manner that allows for direct network communications with the Contractor’s system and the exchange of data via approved industry standard protocols for interfacing with other State of Arkansas systems as deemed necessary.
H. The Contractor shall provision all environments including, at minimum, the following:
1. Development
2. Testing
3. Production
I. The Contractor shall keep all hosting related software current and up to date
K. The Contractor shall notify AALRC of all software and security upgrades within three (3) business days of upgrade availability.
M. The Contractor shall provide Agency designee with a proposed implementation plan for approval with implementation timelines for all software and security upgrades within seven (7) business days of upgrade availability.
- DATA AND PRIVACY
A. Data Ownership must belong to the Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center.
B. Provide documented, stable web services APIs for integration
C. Support flexible customization and configuration of meta-data
D. Integration with AASIS for querying and displaying budget and financial data
E. Integration with Google G-Suite and Microsoft Platform for email tracking and document management
F. SaaS solution that is hosted in a proven reliable cloud or data center
G. At least 99.99% availability
H. Browser based user interface
I. Overall ease of use and administration will be an important point of evaluation
J. SSO support with Oauth 2.0 (OneLogin as our SSO solution)
K. Mobile application (Android and iOS)
L. Offline support (ideal but not required).
- For more information describe in document.
[C] Eligibility:
- Onshore (USA Organization Only);
[D] Work Performance:
Performance of the work will be Offsite. Vendor needs to carry work in their office location.
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: April 02,2021
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$
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Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : SW-41848
Government Authority located in Arkansas; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for online adult education grants management system.
[A] Budget: Looking for Proposals
[B] Scope of Service:
Vendor needs to provide Web-based software grants management system for assisting local adult education and literacy providers and the State administrative entity in tracking and reporting all grant and financial information for adult education programs.
- HOSTING
A. Prospective Contractors shall propose a Contractor hosted solution. Contractors proposing a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution will be considered under the Contractor Hosted model.
B. All servers and data associated with the Arkansas instance of the Contractor Hosted Solution must reside in the continental United States.
C. Agency prefers the proposed system be hosted on a private cloud or a virtual private cloud. For the purposes of this RFP, a private cloud is either a single-tenant environment where the hardware, storage, and network are dedicated to AALRC; or a virtual private cloud, a multi-tenant environment with network isolation and private subnets. Contractors may propose other types of cloud in their proposal, but preferential scoring will be given for private or virtual private cloud.
D. The system must be FedRamp compliant.
E. Contractor shall perform all work on the proposed system from within the continental United States of America. The system must not be accessed from outside of the U.S.
F. The Contractor shall be responsible for the acquisition and operation of all hardware, software, and network support related to the hosting services being provided.
G. The Contractor shall develop and implement the system and all dependent hosted hardware in such a manner that allows for direct network communications with the Contractor’s system and the exchange of data via approved industry standard protocols for interfacing with other State of Arkansas systems as deemed necessary.
H. The Contractor shall provision all environments including, at minimum, the following:
1. Development
2. Testing
3. Production
I. The Contractor shall keep all hosting related software current and up to date
K. The Contractor shall notify AALRC of all software and security upgrades within three (3) business days of upgrade availability.
M. The Contractor shall provide Agency designee with a proposed implementation plan for approval with implementation timelines for all software and security upgrades within seven (7) business days of upgrade availability.
- DATA AND PRIVACY
A. Data Ownership must belong to the Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center.
B. Provide documented, stable web services APIs for integration
C. Support flexible customization and configuration of meta-data
D. Integration with AASIS for querying and displaying budget and financial data
E. Integration with Google G-Suite and Microsoft Platform for email tracking and document management
F. SaaS solution that is hosted in a proven reliable cloud or data center
G. At least 99.99% availability
H. Browser based user interface
I. Overall ease of use and administration will be an important point of evaluation
J. SSO support with Oauth 2.0 (OneLogin as our SSO solution)
K. Mobile application (Android and iOS)
L. Offline support (ideal but not required).
- For more information describe in document.
[C] Eligibility:
- Onshore (USA Organization Only);
[D] Work Performance:
Performance of the work will be Offsite. Vendor needs to carry work in their office location.
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: April 02,2021
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$