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City of Carson

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Data Center Colocation and Managed Services

PROPOSALS DUE

November 18, 2026, 2:00 pm PST

13 days left

WHAT THEY WANT

(Summarized from the RFP)

The City of Carson is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide Tier III, carrier-neutral colocation data center facilities and related managed services. Facilities must be located in downtown Los Angeles, in Irvine, or both, and vendors may bid on either location or on both. The selected facility will serve as one of the City's primary data centers, housing City-owned servers, storage systems and networking equipment.

CHANGES SINCE PUBLISHED

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WHAT OTHERS ASKED

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ABOUT THIS RFP

RFP number

26-034

Budget

Not Assigned

Published

Entity type

City

State

California

Summarized from the City of Carson portal.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Submit electronically through the City's PlanetBids vendor portal (City of Carson portal 32461); vendor registration is required. Responses submitted any other way are invalid and late responses are not accepted. Upload all documents in PDF format, signed and dated by an official authorized to bind the firm. The proposal may not exceed 20 pages; the Cost File and required general attachments (Exhibit A) do not count toward the limit. Complete the Cost File (Exhibit C), which includes the Cost Proposal and Facility Requirements worksheets, and also enter cost information as line items in PlanetBids. Questions go through the PlanetBids Q&A tab only. Any requested changes to the City's form contract (Exhibit B) must be submitted as a redline with the proposal.

NAICS CODES & TAGS

541519

Information Technology Support Services

ACROSS 539 RFPS

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A week of proposal work, based on the published terms.

A week of proposal work, based on the published terms.

DAY 1 · PUBLISHED

PUBLISHED

DAY 16 · THE TERMS CHANGE

DAY 16 · TERMS CHANGE

DAY 25 · DUE

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