The chosen vendor will be responsible for planning the data center, coordinating with the building design team, preparing project schedules, developing schematics, selecting equipment and assisting with a complete IT data center transition.
Services to be migrated include virtual machines, data storage, routing services, physical servers and replication systems.
The design must consider all the following needs for the building’s 30-year life, including:
- Server racks, servers and data storage technologies
- Networking (hardware and cabling)
- Connections to future radio and microwave equipment, as well as plans for future expansion
- Cooling and heating
- Layered security
The city also requires a data center infrastructure management platform designed to control key data center metrics such as power usage, system health, availability, capacity and configuration.
More detailed information about RFP No. 202460, including all submission requirements and requests, can be found online. A non-mandatory, in-person pre-proposal conference will be held at the Georgetown Municipal Complex at 2 p.m. July 24. Questions regarding this RFP are due by 5 p.m. July 30. The due date for submissions is 2 p.m. Aug. 6. Nicole Abrego is the point of contact for this solicitation.
