# MODIFIABLE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) TEMPLATE
## Project Title: Oracle WebLogic, JBoss EAP & IBM WebSphere (Java EE / ADF / Struts) Modernization to ORDS, APEX & OKE
- **RFP Document Reference**: `VNA-RFP-027` (Companion to Solution Brief `VNA-SB-027`)
- **Issuing Organization**: `[INSERT ORGANIZATION / COMPANY NAME]`
- **Issue Date**: `[2026-10-27]`
- **Proposal Due Date**: `[INSERT DATE, e.g., +30 Calendar Days]`
- **Reference Architecture Portal**: https://weblogic-java-to-oci-oke-ords.web.app/
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## SECTION 1: ISSUING ORGANIZATION PROFILE & PROCUREMENT SCHEDULE (MODIFIABLE)

> **Instructions for RFP Author**: Replace all bracketed placeholders (`[...]`) below with your organization's specific dates, contacts, and environment metrics before issuing to prospective bidders.

| Procurement Milestone | Target Date / Entry (Modifiable) |
|---|---|
| Issuing Organization Name | `[Insert Legal Entity Name]` |
| Primary Procurement / Technical Contact | `[Insert Name, Title, Email]` |
| RFP Issue Date | `[2026-10-27]` |
| Vendor Written Questions Due | `[Insert Date - Week 2]` |
| Organization Responses to Vendor Q&A | `[Insert Date - Week 3]` |
| Final Vendor Proposals & Pricing Due | `[Insert Date - Week 4]` |
| Technical Architecture Demos / Oral Presentations | `[Insert Date - Week 5]` |
| Target Contract Award & Phase 0 Kickoff | `[Insert Date - Week 6]` |

### 1.1 Executive Summary & Business Objectives
`[INSERT COMPANY NAME]` ("Organization") is soliciting competitive proposals from qualified enterprise architecture and engineering firms to modernize and transition our current **Oracle WebLogic 12c, Oracle ADF, IBM WebSphere, JBoss EAP, Java EE 6/7, JSF, Apache Struts, EJB 2/3** environment to **Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), Oracle APEX 24.2, GraalVM / Helidon / Spring Boot on OCI OKE**.

Our primary business and technical objectives are:
- Oracle ADF (Application Development Framework), Apache Struts 1/2, and legacy JSF applications require specialized Java middleware admins and suffer from frequent CVE security advisories.
- Over 75% of legacy enterprise Java `.ear` and `.war` archives consist of repetitive EJB/Hibernate/JPA boilerplate that simply reads and writes rows to an Oracle Database.
- Licensing Oracle WebLogic Suite or IBM WebSphere across multi-node clusters costs hundreds of thousands of dollars annually before a single line of business feature is delivered.

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## SECTION 2: CURRENT ENVIRONMENT BASELINE INVENTORY (MODIFIABLE)

Bidders must size their technical delivery plan and fixed-fee milestone pricing against the baseline inventory table below:

| Inventory Dimension | Current Baseline Count / Footprint (Modifiable) | Target Modernization SLA / Objective |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Source Stack (`Stack X`) | Oracle WebLogic 12c, Oracle ADF, IBM WebSphere, JBoss EAP, Java EE 6/7, JSF, Apache Struts, EJB 2/3 | Full retirement / modernization |
| Target Architecture (`Stack Y`) | Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), Oracle APEX 24.2, GraalVM / Helidon / Spring Boot on OCI OKE | Production-grade HA/DR & security |
| WebLogic / JBoss / WebSphere CPU Cores | `[Insert Count, e.g., 48 cores]` | 100% functional parity & optimization |
| ADF Task Flows, Struts/JSF Screens & REST APIs | `[Insert Count, e.g., 220 views/APIs]` | Automated AST & schema uplift |
| Target Cutover Downtime Window | `[e.g., < 15 Minutes / Near-Zero Downtime]` | Rehearsed parallel run + rollback plan |
| Security, Compliance & Identity | `[e.g., SSO/MFA via Entra ID / Okta, Row-Level VPD, Audit Logs]` | Zero critical/high CVEs at Go-Live |

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## SECTION 3: MANDATORY TECHNICAL SCOPE OF WORK & DELIVERABLES (MODIFIABLE)

The selected partner shall execute the project across four gated phases (**Phase 0: AST Discovery & Architecture Blueprint**, **Phase 1: Core Foundation & Data/Code Conversion**, **Phase 2: Integration, Runtime Filtering & UAT**, and **Phase 3: Parallel Run, Cutover & Hypercare**).

### 3.1 Core Architectural Requirements
1. **[MODIFIABLE REQUIREMENT 1]**: Portfolio Triage & AST Inspection: Scan `.ear`/`.war` archives, `faces-config.xml`, ADF Business Components (`EntityEO`/`ViewVO`), and Hibernate mappings to separate database CRUD apps from external integration services.
2. **[MODIFIABLE REQUIREMENT 2]**: ADF & Struts to Oracle APEX 24.2: Convert ADF Task Flows, ViewObjects, and JSF/JSP screens into native Oracle APEX 24.2 pages, Interactive Grids, and PL/SQL API packages.
3. **[MODIFIABLE REQUIREMENT 3]**: Hibernate/DAO to ORDS Auto-REST: Replace chatty JPA/Hibernate N+1 query layers with high-throughput Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) and Oracle 23ai JSON Relational Duality Views.
4. **[MODIFIABLE REQUIREMENT 4]**: Stateless Java to OKE: Containerize remaining Java domain services onto GraalVM Native Image, Helidon, or Spring Boot 3 running on OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) with zero control-plane fees.

### 3.2 Component-Level Conversion & Deliverable Matrix
Bidders must confirm compliance with each component conversion requirement below:

| Req ID | Legacy Artifact / Baseline Workload | Required Target Architecture | Engineering Method & Acceptance Criteria | Priority (Modifiable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REQ-01 | Oracle ADF Entity Objects (EO) & View Objects (VO) | Oracle 23ai Views + APEX 24.2 Interactive Grids / Forms | Extract VO SQL queries and EO validation rules directly into PL/SQL packages and APEX regions | `[Mandatory / Optional]` |
| REQ-02 | ADF Bounded Task Flows & JSF Page Fragments (.jsff) | Oracle APEX 24.2 Page Wizards, Modal Dialogs & Branches | Map task flow navigation and session state to declarative APEX page items and processes | `[Mandatory / Optional]` |
| REQ-03 | Apache Struts Actions / JSPs & Spring MVC Controllers | Oracle APEX Pages or ORDS PL/SQL REST Handlers | Retire vulnerable Struts taglibs; expose clean OpenAPI 3.0 REST endpoints via ORDS | `[Mandatory / Optional]` |
| REQ-04 | EJB 2.x/3.x Session Beans & Hibernate/JPA DAOs | Oracle 23ai JSON Duality Views + PL/SQL Business APIs | Eliminate object-relational impedance mismatch and network round-trips | `[Mandatory / Optional]` |
| REQ-05 | WebLogic / WebSphere / JBoss Application Server Clusters | Stateless ORDS + OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) / GraalVM | Retire commercial app server core licenses; deploy immutable containers via CI/CD | `[Mandatory / Optional]` |

### 3.3 Mandatory Platform & Tooling Standards
- Oracle APEX 24.2 & Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS)
- Oracle 23ai JSON Relational Duality Views (Zero-ORM JSON/SQL)
- OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) & GraalVM Enterprise (Included at No Cost on OCI)
- Oracle Helidon / Spring Boot 3 Microservices
- Viscosity AMP & Oracle SQLcl Liquibase CI/CD

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## SECTION 4: VENDOR TECHNICAL Q&A QUESTIONNAIRE & SCORING RUBRIC

Bidders must provide direct, concise written responses to each question below. The Issuing Organization's evaluation committee will grade responses using the embedded benchmark criteria.

### Vendor Question 1: Should we migrate Oracle ADF applications to Oracle Visual Builder (VBCS) or Oracle APEX?
- **Bidder Response Requirement**: Provide a concrete architectural explanation, reference toolset, and verifiable production proof. Generic marketing statements will be scored zero.
- **Evaluation Benchmark (What High-Scoring Responses Must Demonstrate)**: When your data resides in an Oracle Database, Oracle APEX 24.2 is dramatically faster to build, runs inside the database with zero middle-tier network latency, and carries zero additional per-user or per-CPU licensing cost.
- **Evaluator Score (0 to 10 Points)**: `[   / 10 ]`

### Vendor Question 2: Is GraalVM Enterprise really included at no extra cost on OCI?
- **Bidder Response Requirement**: Provide a concrete architectural explanation, reference toolset, and verifiable production proof. Generic marketing statements will be scored zero.
- **Evaluation Benchmark (What High-Scoring Responses Must Demonstrate)**: Yes. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) includes GraalVM Enterprise support at no additional charge on OCI compute and OKE nodes, allowing Java microservices to compile to native binaries with sub-second startup and a fraction of the RAM footprint.
- **Evaluator Score (0 to 10 Points)**: `[   / 10 ]`

### Vendor Question 3: How do you prevent report and query fan-out bloat, and how do you guarantee zero vendor lock-in?
- **Bidder Response Requirement**: Detail your methodology for clustering redundant legacy queries/reports into canonical core SQL views with runtime or AI-inference filtering, and specify customer code/data ownership upon project completion.
- **Evaluation Benchmark (What High-Scoring Responses Must Demonstrate)**: Bidder must demonstrate deterministic AST SQL clustering (collapsing 75%-90% of cloned reports into core database views with runtime predicates), 100% customer ownership of all DDL, PL/SQL, application source code, and Terraform scripts, and zero proprietary runtime lock-in.
- **Evaluator Score (0 to 10 Points)**: `[   / 10 ]`

### Vendor Question 4: Describe your automated regression testing, parallel run, and zero-downtime cutover methodology.
- **Bidder Response Requirement**: Specify how data parity, business-rule equivalence, and rollback safety are verified prior to production cutover.
- **Evaluation Benchmark (What High-Scoring Responses Must Demonstrate)**: Bidder must provide automated row-count and cryptographic hash reconciliation, automated unit/UI test suites (e.g., utPLSQL, Playwright), and a rehearsed cutover runbook with sub-minute rollback capability.
- **Evaluator Score (0 to 10 Points)**: `[   / 10 ]`

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## SECTION 5: COMMERCIAL PRICING & LICENSING MATRIX (MODIFIABLE)

Bidders must complete the fixed-price milestone table below and disclose all recurring software or cloud consumption assumptions.

| Milestone / Cost Category | Deliverable & Acceptance Gate | Fixed Fee / Annual Cost (USD) | Estimated Duration (Weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Phase 0: Discovery & AST Code/Schema X-Ray** | Verified inventory, dead-code manifest, core SQL fan-out map, and final blueprint | `$[Insert]` | `[2 - 3 Weeks]` |
| **Phase 1: Target Environment & Automated Uplift** | Provisioned target stack, schema migration, and core business logic conversion | `$[Insert]` | `[4 - 8 Weeks]` |
| **Phase 2: UI, Integrations, Reporting & UAT** | Completed application/portal screens, runtime reports, AOP templates, and UAT sign-off | `$[Insert]` | `[3 - 6 Weeks]` |
| **Phase 3: Production Cutover & Hypercare** | Rehearsed cutover, reconciliation sign-off, documentation, and 30-day hypercare | `$[Insert]` | `[2 - 3 Weeks]` |
| **Optional: Annual Managed Services / Support** | 24x7 monitoring, patching, DBA performance tuning, and quarterly enhancements | `$[Insert / yr]` | `[12 Months]` |

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## SECTION 6: PROPOSAL EVALUATION SCORECARD (MODIFIABLE)

| Evaluation Criterion | Weight (%) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| **1. Technical Architecture & Automation Tooling** | `35%` | Depth of AST automation, query fan-out rationalization, database/cloud architecture, and zero lock-in. |
| **2. Verifiable Production Experience & References** | `25%` | Proven track record delivering identical `WebLogic, JBoss & Legacy Java EE to ORDS, APEX & OKE` engagements with measurable outcomes. |
| **3. Cutover Safety, Testing & Compliance** | `20%` | Rigor of data reconciliation, automated regression testing, security/compliance controls, and rollback safety. |
| **4. Commercial Value & Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)** | `20%` | Transparent fixed-fee milestone pricing and 3-to-5 year software/cloud licensing savings. |
| **TOTAL** | **`100%`** | |

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*Template Reference: `VNA-RFP-027` | Companion Portal: https://weblogic-java-to-oci-oke-ords.web.app/ | This site is designed by Viscosity.AI*