Website Hosting

The South Carolina Emergency Management Division, under the Adjutant General's Office, is soliciting bids for a fully managed hosting environment for its public-facing websites and content management system. The primary objective is to secure a solution that maintains stability during routine operations while providing the elastic capacity to handle extreme traffic surges of approximately one million requests per minute during emergency events, such as hurricanes or floods, with scaling completed within 45 minutes. Technical requirements include a non-public staging environment, a production environment with at least two load-balanced web-serving instances, and a geographically distributed content delivery network. The infrastructure must adhere to strict security standards, including AES-256 encryption for data at rest, TLS 1.2 or higher for data in transit, and redundant 10 Gbps internet connectivity at the primary facility. This is a fixed-pricing solicitation under NAICS code 518210, with the award being granted to a single, responsive, and responsible bidder offering the lowest total price. Offerors must certify their financial capability, lack of organizational conflicts of interest, and absence of recent contract terminations for default. Required submissions include a signed cover page, a detailed insurance summary, and evidence of the capability to perform the scope of work. The response deadline is October 29, 2026, and all offers must be submitted online. Performance is subject to compliance with various state and federal regulations, including NIST SP 800-53 standards for telecommunications and alternate processing sites.