Data Center Colocation and Managed Services

Project Title Data Center Colocation and Managed Services Invitation # RFP 23-048 Bid Posting Date 12/01/2023 12:32 PM (PST) Project Stage Bidding Bid Due Date 12/18/2023 10:00 AM (PST) Response Format Electronic Project Type RFP (Request for Proposal) Response Types Response File General Attachments 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) 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 Preferences Local - Local Business 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 12/11/2023 10:00 AM (PST) Contact Information Contact Info Josilla Togiola / 310-952-1758 x1237 jtogiola@carsonca.gov Bids to City of Carson Owner's Agent IT Department 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 downtown Los Angeles. 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. Other Details Proposals must be submitted electronically via Planet Bids no later than 12/18/2023 @ 10:00 AM PST. It is the Proposer’s responsibility to ensure their proposal documents are properly and timely uploaded onto the City’s online bid management system. Proposals 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 (Planet Bids at 818-992-1771) to resolve any technical issues related to electronic bidding. The City will only receive bids which were transmitted successfully by the deadline established. No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) days once proposals have been opened by the Purchasing Manager. No contract exists on the part of the City until the City Council has made the award and a purchase contract has been fully executed. Notes In the event of variances between the Planet Bids portal and the published City of Carson RFP packet, the RFP packet shall supersede. Special Notices Local Programs & Policies 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, except for those elements in responses which are trade secrets or proprietary, marked as such, and otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. The City of Carson reserves the right to take any action considered to be in the best interest of the City of Carson. Place eBid