Access to The Requested Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Has Been Blocked by The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Firewall

When attempting to create a bid as a supplier, the following error is encountered:
Access to the requested URI has been blocked by the URL Firewall
ERROR: Access to the requested URI has been blocked by the URL Firewall

This is because of the use of rewrite rules in the fw_url.conf file with the firewall.

to work around the problem, perform the following steps:

- Create a directory under $FND_TOP/admin/template called custom.
- Copy the url_fw.conf from $FND_TOP/admin/template/ to the custom directory
- Add your Custom rules in that file
- Run Autoconfig.
- Retest the issue.
- Migrate the solution as appropriate to other environments.