All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1.2.1. The new ODVPS should minimize annual costs, provide quicker and more reliable permitting; provide on-line, cloud-based platform with mobile capability; provide selfissuing permit capabilities; provide internal reporting capabilities; minimize daily maintenance and system downtime; and provide growth potential to meet future demands. 1.2.2. Leverage the DEPARTMENT’s existing infrastructure and be compatible with future transportation asset management system software, route surveying software, and other software programs necessary to successfully issue permits. During the permit application process, facilitate systematic screening of any ODVP configuration against prescribed routes and any existing highway obstacles and restrictions. 1.2.3. Improve safety by providing real time road updates and alerts to current permit holders about dangers or adverse conditions affecting their permitted routes. 1.2.4. Provide for a smooth, short transition and training period from the existing system to the new system without loss of current or historical records and with limited disruption of daily business requirements. 1.2.5. Enable industry representatives with limited training to create a secure, client profile and a fleet data file; prepare five (5)-day trips, super load and specialty trailer permit applications online; self-issue annual permits; attach supporting documentation to the applicant file (diagrams, route surveys, scale tickets, etc.); and view historical, on-file permits with the ability to copy them for new applications. 1.2.6. Enable authorized permit agents to review all pending client permit applications online and propose routing for quality control; designate pending applications for bridge engineer, Nevada State Police, and other authorized personnel/agencies for review; and approve and issue as appropriate. 1.2.7. Workflow that enables authorized staff bridge engineers to access permit application files as designated by a permit agent to evaluate load configurations and proposed routing, provide quality control, and provide tentative approval. 1.2.8. Optimized data architecture –enter, process, manage and store all ODVPS data in a data architecture that supports business requirements and meets DEPARTMENT Information Technology (IT) Standards.
