DATA CENTER COLOCATION AND MANAGED SERVICES

Scope: The City of Carson (“City”) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors providing Tier III carrierneutral Colocation Data Center facilities located in downtown Los Angeles, California AND Irvine,California, providing space, power, cooling, physical security and related managed services forthe City’s servers, storage, and networking equipment. The Colocation facility will serve as oneof the City’s primary data centers, providing data and internet connectivity at a competitive rate tothe City’s equipment onsite and any other data centers in downtown Los Angeles. The colocationdata center shall have redundancies in cooling, power, and communication infrastructure andsystems, 24x7x365 monitoring and remote hands technicians available for scheduled andunscheduled managed services requests.
Notes: Submission Terms and ConditionsThis RFP does not commit the City of Carson to award a contract or to pay any costs incurred in the preparation or submission of a bid response.All responses become the property of the City and, upon award or other final actions, may become public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act, except for information lawfully exempt from disclosure.Any changes to this RFP will be issued by formal addendum through PlanetBids.Unless otherwise stated, all required documents shall be uploaded in PDF format. It is the bidder's responsibility to ensure that all documents are complete, legible, properly uploaded, and successfully received prior to the submission deadline. Bids that are incomplete, missing pages, corrupted, unreadable, or inaccessible may be deemed non-responsive.Bidders are solely responsible for contacting PlanetBids at +1 (555) 000-0000 regarding technical issues related to electronic submission.All questions or requests for clarification must be submitted through the Q&A tab in PlanetBids no later than the deadline specified in the RFP. Any information obtained from sources outside PlanetBids shall be considered unofficial and non-binding.Late Submissions: Electronic bids must be submitted prior to the stated deadline. The PlanetBids system will close at the designated date and time and will not accept late submissions. No exceptions will be made. Upon successful submission, bidders will receive a confirmation number and timestamp generated by the system. Only bids with a confirmed electronic submission will be accepted.All electronic bids remain sealed and are not accessible to the City until the official bid closing date and time.To withdraw a bid prior to the deadline, log in to  PlanetBids portal and select “Withdraw.”
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