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City of Carson
· City
· California
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.
DOCUMENT SET
2 documents
· 5.8MB
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
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