1250: Applications Development Analyst - C. Advanced

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Job description

FDOT-Client Job 1250: Applications Development Analyst - C. Advanced

Statement of Work (SOW)

1 Request for Quote

Florida Department of Transportation State Term Contract No. (phone number removed)-STC-ITSA

2 Overview

2.1 The Florida Department of Transportation (Department/FDOT), is requesting resumes and hourly rate quotes for staff augmentation resources meeting the specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) listed below. The Department will select the candidate that provides the best overall value to the State, based on skill set and rate.

Job Title: 1250: Applications Development Analyst - C. Advanced

Term: The contract term for this Staff Augmentation position is intended to be ASAP- 06/30/2025, with possible renewal, based on excellence in work provided, need and budget availability.

NOTE: 'Term " does not mean the awarded contractor or resource are locked in for the full year - any contractor or resource may be terminated for cause, convenience, or funding during the contract term.

VENDOR BILL RATE : It is the responsibility of the vendor to submit rates in accordance with the pre-established rates within the State Contract. These rates can be found at the following address: .

Candidate Submission :

FDOT is accepting up to eight (8) candidate submissions per vendors to fill these eight (8) New positions.

Rate Increase :

Please do not impose a rate increase for any subsequent year of the contract as part of your bid response. This is a firm fixed price and will be increased only at the discretion of the Department, based on consultant job performance and availability of funds. Imposing additional increases will automatically disqualify the candidate submission from consideration.

Quote Evaluation :

Quotes will be evaluated based on the specifications identified in the scope of services and sub sections below. The eQuote will be awarded to the Contractor who presents a Candidate who demonstrates the best value to the Department based upon the response provided. The submission of additional work samples, or in person interview(s) may be requested at the discretion of the Department.

Face to Face Interviews :

At the hiring manager's discretion, interviews may be conducted via Microsoft Teams or in person.

Telecommuting :

For resources that do not reside within the Tallahassee area, 100% remote work is authorized. Resources that reside within Tallahassee will be allowed two days remote and must work three days per week in the office.

Work Hours

Flexibility to work hours between 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM Monday through Friday.

This position will report to :

Client Application Services Barry Building

3185 S. Blair Stone Rd

Tallahassee, FL 32301

Conflict of Interest Statement :

To prevent any bias, unfair competitive advantage, conflict of interest, or the appearance of impropriety, Vendor employees must not have been directly or indirectly involved in the development of the Scope of Services or related solicitation documentation for which the Vendor is preparing a bid. If the Vendor employee worked in conjunction with the Department on the development of the solicitation document, the Vendor is disqualified from submitting a bid for this solicitation. The Vendor personnel assigned to other Department projects outside this Agreement, shall hold and maintain any confidential information that could benefit the Vendor on future solicitations in strictest confidence.

The Department will avoid Organizational Conflict of Interest through mitigation efforts in three categories:

A. " Unequal Access " wherein an unfair competitive advantage surfaces when a Vendor obtains information not generally available to other competitors, and where such information would assist them in winning the contract over their competitors.

B. " Impaired Objectivity " wherein a support Vendor is performing duties that involve assessing or evaluating itself or related entity.

C. " Biased Ground Rules " wherein the Vendor is writing the SOW, performing systems engineering, or providing technical direction efforts.

Need help with MFMP ? Contact the MFMP Customer Service Desk at (phone number removed) if you have any questions regarding application functionality.

3 Vendor Response

3.1 Price per hour

3.2 Candidate Resume

Please upload your candidate's resume and any supporting documents, requested (i.e. skills matrix, recommendations, etc.) (maximum file size is 20 MB).

NOTES :

1. Submitting a "video " resume is strictly prohibited and will automatically disqualify your candidate from further consideration. Do not upload a video resume in Ariba OR email a video resume (or link to a video resume) separately to ANY FDOT personnel.

2. PDF or Word doc are the only acceptable formats for resume submission. Resumes submitted in JPG format will be disqualified.

3. Failure to upload a resume at the time of candidate submission will result in quote disqualification.

3.3 Exhibit E: Resume Self - Certification Form

When submitting a response to an RFQ the Contractor shall submit with its response a signed Resume Self-Certification Form (Exhibit E) to the Department for each candidate included in the RFQ response. For a blank form, see the DMS IT Staff Augmentation Contract website here:

NOTES :

1. PDF is the only acceptable format for submission of the Exhibit E form. Forms submitted in JPG format will be disqualified.

2. Failure to upload the Exhibit E form at the time of candidate submission will result in quote disqualification.

3. Failure to upload a complete Exhibit E form, with all fields filled in, at the time of candidate submission will result in disqualification.

4 Scope of Services

Background: As a result of the Department's efforts to re-engineer and modernize core financial systems, there has been over 1,500 computing assets identified as performing some level of financial planning, analysis, and management functionality that are impacted by the State of Florida's accounting system. The Florida Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Management (PALM) project is a multiyear endeavor to replace the State of Florida's accounting and cash management systems with a modern financial management solution. The Florida PALM Project is targeted to replace Central, Payroll, and Departmental FLAIR functionality, with go-live scheduled for January 6, 2026.

The 1,500+ computing assets are comprised of interfaces, enterprise applications, databases, automated processes, and reporting programs within FDOT that will require remediation due to:

Adoption of the Florida PALM Standardized Business Process Model

Transition to the Florida PALM Chart of Accounts values

Replacement of Central, Payroll and Departmental FLAIR functionality

Redevelopment of agency incoming and outgoing interfaces to the statewide accounting system

Implementation of Information Warehouse data to support agency specific reporting requirements.

The computing asset modifications to complete the FDOT PALM System Transition (FPST) will take place over the course of two years in alignment with the Florida PALM Project scheduled timeline.

To prepare for the transition to Florida PALM, our agency is seeking a resource knowledgeable in Tibco Mainframe Focus/WebFocus to lead the effort of updating our numerous Focus assets. Focus has been used copiously by the department to develop reports, interfaces, and applications for the past twenty years. It is important we find a resource capable of analyzing these programs and documenting their specifications.

5 Education

Bachelor's Degree in a field of study related to technology or finance. Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for the degree.

6 Experience

Candidate MUST have a minimum of 2 years' experience in Tibco Mainframe Focus or WebFocus. Experience with MS Power BI is preferred.

7 Primary Job Duties/ Tasks

The submitted candidate must be able to perform the following duties and/or tasks. Duties of the selected candidate will include, but not be limited to:

Analyze current Focus programs and WebFocus reports and document the specifications for these programs and reports.

Work with management to develop an overall remediation strategy for all Focus programs and reports.

Analyze existing reports and work with business users to determine how these reports can be improved based on current business needs.

Read and document WebFocus and Mainframe Focus queries and convert them to T-SQL queries.

Work with database administrators from the Office of Information Technology to create database views and stored procedures that will facilitate the remediation of WebFocus reports.

Update Focus programs to encapsulate chart of account changes mandated by Florida PALM.

Update WebFocus Reports to encapsulate chart of account changes mandated by Florida PALM.

Convert Focus mainframe programs using mainframe flat files as a data source to use database tables instead.

Analyze financial data and make recommendations to improve the data model of financial systems.

Provide administration of the WebFocus environment for the dedicated PALM remediation environment.

Perform knowledge transfer with technical staff of the office of the Comptroller.

8 Job Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
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