Award 23158

Form 1:
Task Order Request Form

Request Date: 10/08/19

Agency Name: New York State Department of Labor

Has Agency received the necessary internal Agency Yes

(management) approval(s) to support this Position(s)?
Has Agency received PTP approval from OITS to Yes
support this Position(s), if applicable?
Has Agency received DOB approval to support this Yes
Position(s), if applicable?
Will Federal Funding be used to pay (in whole or in Yes
part) for this Position(s)?
(Per Attachment 7, Section 1.7.6)
If YES, identify any additional Federal terms N/A
and conditions that are required to be
included.
Is this a request for the NYS Department of Labor? Yes
(Per Attachment 7, Section 1.7.6.1)

Is this a Project/Program specific Position? Yes

The project is WebSphere Upgrade (PRJ0074426).
If YES, list the Project/Program Name:
The project will be to upgrade existing WebSphere 5.x/6.x/7.x Java
systems to a supported version of WebSphere for continued support
and maintenance.  It also includes work to update applications in
order to run on the new environments, which in some cases is
Provide a short description of the Position: substantial. This project is required for the successful
implementation of NYS modernized UI system
(UISIM/DMND0001989).

Provide a list of the day to day tasks to be performed The consultant will guide an agile development team and be
by the Selected Candidate: responsible for Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and
development activities. The activities include, but are not limited to:

 Guide an agile development team working on a complex

employer account financial system, including designing and
developing modules that establish receivables, calculate
fees and interest, apply remittances, establish and reverse
refunds, and reconcile funds and other account
maintenance activities
 Guide a team of developers in the analysis, design, and
development of integrated solutions for the project.
 Assist the project development team to establish and
document standards and patterns for ‘best practices’ of
integration technologies.
 Mentor state staff developers in advanced programming
techniques and skills.

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 Use Rational Software Architect (RSA) for modeling
architecture and application design, components, and
services. Analyze, design, review, and document database
conceptual and logical data models. Identify services and
business process components in functional decomposition.
 Create and review sequence and activity diagrams.
 Define and validate service WSDLs and XSDs.
 Develop business process models.
 Analyze, design, and develop services and business
processes from business requirements using a SOA
approach.
 Orchestrate individual system components into end-to-end
business processes as part of a comprehensive Case
Management/Workflow system.
 Construct software applications using J2EE and SOA
architectures.
 Develop applications using Rational Application Developer
(RAD/IID) utilizing Agile methodologies.
 Develop composite applications utilizing WebSphere
Integration Developer (WID), WebSphere Process Server
(WPS), WebSphere Business Integration Workbench and/or
WebSphere MQ Workflow.
 Perform composite application integration using EJB, SCA,
JMS, and Web Services over an Enterprise Service Bus
(ESB).
 Analyze and develop rule sets for processes utilizing
WODM.
 Develop and test data access using Object Relation
Mapping frameworks (Hibernate).
 Develop complex relational database queries using ANSI
standard SQL and PLS/SQL to be used with Oracle and DB2
databases giving special consideration to transaction
management.
 Perform database transaction management analysis,
implementation, and troubleshooting.
 Perform unit and integration testing and resolve defects.
 Create and review technical documents for all aspects of
the software development life-cycle.
 Provide new technology evaluations resulting from
research, proof of concept (POC), and proof of technology
(POT) work.
 When time allows help support the daily Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA) work relating to NYSDOL’s current
critical applications which could cross over Multiple
program areas within NYSDOL (UI, DEWS, Labor Standards)
which could extend beyond the WebSphere Upgrade
project.

Number of Position(s) being requested: 1

(Maximum of 5 per Attachment 7, Section 1.2.1)
Position Job Title: Programmer
(Per Attachment 4)
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Position Skill Level: Senior
(Per Attachment 4)
Number of Form 2 Candidate Responses allowed per 1
Contractor, per Position?
(1 or 2 per Attachment 7, Section 1.2.2)
Target Start Date: 11/26/2019
(30 Business Days minimum and 90 Calendar Days
maximum from date of request)
Engagement Length in Months: 24
(2 to 30 per Attachment 7, Section 1.2.3)
Is this a Full or Part-Time Position? Full Time
(Full-Time is 40 Hours Per Week)
If Part-Time, enter approximate number of
hours per week:
What are the daily work hours? 8:00 – 5:30 (Starting time is negotiable)
(Note if negotiable or list preferred start and end time):
Where is the Home Base Region? Region 1
(Per Attachment 4)
State Offices Harriman Campus
Where is the physical work office located? Building 12
Albany, NY  12240
What type of software is typically used by the DOL Business Solutions is an IBM shop
Agency?
What type of hardware is typically used by the DOL Business Solutions is an IBM shop
Agency?

Position Mandatory Qualification (Per Attachment 7, Section 1.2.4)

Programmer
 Creates computer software. May specialize in one area of computer
software or may write code for many kinds of software.
Pass/Fail
Senior - 60 – 84 months
OGS HBITS Determination
 Candidate is able to work independently, without assistance and provides
guidance to others. May have an advanced education.

Position Requested Qualifications (Per Attachment 7, Section 1.2.5)

Requested Qualification
Points Assigned Maximum Points
Notes to Agency: for Meeting Assigned for
Requested
 Points assigned will change depending on the number of Qualification Exceeding
Qualification Qualification
Qualifications submitted
Number
 There is no requirement to have 10 Qualifications. (Always 75% of
 Only Number of Months is an allowable unit of measurement Max Points) (Max Points)
for experience.
60 months designing JEE composite applications including
foundational services/components using SCA – Service
1. 15 20
Component Architecture, EJBs and Web Services (SOAP
and REST).
2. 24 months on an agile development team in 7.5 10
development of complex integrated JEE-based
SOA systems including experience providing
direction and assistance/mentoring to team
members, monitoring productivity, reviewing
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work for quality assurance and reporting status.

3. 24 months using JSF development/JavaScript 11.25 15

60 months using modern IDE’s preferably Eclipse and/or
IBM’s Design/Development tool stack: Rational Software
Architect (RSA) for generation of Service Models, Service
4. 7.5 10
Classification Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Sequence
Diagrams for model-driven development in Rational
Application Developer (RAD/IID).
5. 60 months experience interpreting UML diagrams. 7.5 10
24 months using IBM’s ESD tool stack: Business Process
design/development tools such as WebSphere Business
Modeler (WBM), WebSphere Process Server
6. 3.75 5
(WPS)/Business Process Manager (BPM) and/or
WebSphere Integration Developer (WID). This includes
using Business Process Execution Language (BPEL).
60 months developing complex relational database 7.5 10
7. queries with particular focus on cross-component
transaction management.
Requested Please submit copy of resume, references, and education
0 0
Documentation details.
Requested Qualifications Must Always Total 80
60 80
Points for Maximum Score
Interview Must Always Total 20
Total Score 100
Additional Information Requests:
Are there additional security requirements for the
Yes
Authorized User?
If YES, include the additional security
Resource must sign a confidentiality agreement.
requirements:
Will additional training potentially be required during
Yes
the Engagement?
If YES, provide description of anticipated
UI Confidentiality Training
training:
Resource is required to train/mentor State Staff in specialized
What type and/or manner, of knowledge transfer is
WebSphere Java/J3EE and SOA development skills. Create or
requested during the Engagement?
update written documentation as required.
Is travel anticipated during the Engagement? No
If YES, list anticipated frequency and
locations for travel:

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