Specifications include, but are not limited to: Migration tasks ● Transition HCM, Financials and Campus application stacks to the cloud. ● Provide a detailed plan to re-architect the platform of each environment, we are not looking for a “lift and shift” proposal. ● Work with the staff of URI to maintain a stable PeopleSoft system during transition. System Improvement ● The vendor shall work with the URI staff to improve the design and organization of the infrastructure, and technical processes of PeopleSoft and all its supporting systems. URI's current cloud attempt was somewhat of a "lift and shift" model, leaving the current implementation of PeopleSoft needing to be improved, possibly revamped while continuing to use OCI. For this proposal URI is not looking for an end result that is a simple “lift-and-shift” but more of a “lift and improve” of these systems into the cloud. The vendor should pivot from URI’s existing implementation into one that follows best practices for PeopleSoft, as well as the cloud, such as: high-availability, scalability, quick recoverability, and good standard operating procedures, etc. This may be implemented as part of the migration, or separately after migration. Ongoing Service Operation tasks ● Manage the cloud hosting platform, including all operating systems, host provisioning and scaling operations. ● Manage comprehensive security around the cloud infrastructure and application stacks. ● Provide the ability to scale servers and other infrastructure both automatically and manually to meet varying application usage/traffic. Note that URI sees dramatically high rates of usage based on the business cycle of the community that each system supports.
