REDUNDANT COLOCATION SITE - DATA CENTER COLOCATION AND MANAGED SERVICES

Project Title REDUNDANT COLOCATION SITE - DATA CENTER COLOCATION AND MANAGED SERVICES Invitation # RFP 24-008 Bid Posting Date 04/09/2024 4:26 PM (PDT) Project Stage Bidding Bid Due Date 04/25/2024 11:30 AM (PDT) Response Format Electronic Project Type RFP (Request for Proposal) Response Types Response File Affidavit of Non-Collusion and Non-Discrimination (required) Affidavit of Non-Federal Lobbyist Requirements (required) Debarment and Suspension Certificate (required) Facility Requirements and Cost Proposal Worksheets (required) W9 (required) Client Reference List (required) Acknowledgement of Insurance Endorsements (required) Type of Award Lump Sum Categories 334111 - Electronic Computer Manufacturing 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services 541513 - Computer Facilities Management Services 541519 - Other Computer Related Services 811212 - Computer and Office Machine Repair and Maintenance 334112 - Computer Storage Device Manufacturing

423430 - Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers License Requirements Department Purchasing Address 701 E. Carson Street 144 Carson, California 90749 County Los Angeles Bid Valid Liquidated Damages Estimated Bid Value Start/Delivery Date Project Duration Bid Bond Bid Bond 0.00% Payment Bond 0.00% Performance Bond 0.00% Pre-Bid Meeting Information Pre-Bid Meeting No Online Q&A Online Q&A Yes Q&A Deadline 04/16/2024 2:00 PM (PDT) Contact Information Contact Info Josilla Togiola / 310-952-1758 x1237 jtogiola@carsonca.gov Bids to City of Carson Owner's Agent IT/S Description Scope of Services The City of Carson (“City”) Information Technology and Security (“IT”) Department is inviting written responses to this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) from qualified vendors providing Tier III carrier neutral Colocation Data Center facilities located in downtown Los Angeles, California, providing space, power, cooling, physical security and related managed services for the City’s servers, storage, and networking equipment. The Colocation facility will serve as one of the City’s primary data centers, providing data and internet connectivity at a competitive rate to the City’s equipment onsite and any other data centers in Irvine, CA. The colocation data center shall have redundancies in cooling, power, and communication infrastructure and systems, 24x7x365 monitoring and remote hands technicians available for scheduled and unscheduled managed services requests. This site will serve as a redundant colocation site, with the City's primary site to be located in Downtown Los Angeles. Other Details Notes This RFP does not commit the City of Carson to award a contract or to pay any cost incurred in the preparation of any response to the RFP. All responses to this RFP become the property of the City. At such time a selection is made, all responses submitted become a matter of public record and shall be regarded as such, with the exception of those elements otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. Any changes to the RFP requirements will be issued by addenda through PlanetBids. Unless expressly stated otherwise, documents must be uploaded in PDF format. It is the Proposer’s responsibility to ensure qualification documents are properly and timely received. Qualifications that are missing pages, cannot be opened, etc. may be considered nonresponsive. It is the Proposer’s sole responsibility to contact the City’s online bid management provider (PlanetBids at 818-992-1771) to resolve any technical issues related to electronic bidding. All questions or requests for interpretation regarding this RFP must be submitted online through PlanetBids within the date and time specified. Proposers are not to contact City personnel or Elected Officials with any questions or clarifications concerning this RFP other than through PlanetBids. Any City response for this RFP that is not posted through PlanetBids is unauthorized and will be considered invalid. Bidder is solely responsible for “on time” submission of their electronic bid. The PlanetBids management system will lock and will not accept late bids and no exceptions will be made. Proposers will receive an e-bid confirmation number with a time stamp from the PlanetBids indicating that their bid was successfully submitted. The City will only receive those bids that were transmitted successfully. NOTE: E-Bids are sealed and cannot be viewed by the City until the closing date and time. If you need to withdraw your bid, you may do so any time before the bid deadline, by going back into the system and selecting “withdraw”. Special Notices Local Programs & Policies Place eBid