Wentzville R-IV School District Sealed Solicitation
Title: "Data Center hardware, software and installation services" RFP-T-344
Deadline: 9/13/2023 9:00 AM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Status: Awarded
Solicitation Number: RFP-T-344
Description: Data Center Hardware and Software Required: Hypervisor Licensing, Top of Rack Switching, VSI Cluster Compute, and VSI Cluster Shared Storage.
Documents:
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Addition 1
Posted: 9/13/2023
Type of Addition: In Review
Addition 2
Posted: 9/25/2023
Type of Addition: Converge One
Addition 3
Posted: 9/25/2023
Type of Addition: Data Center Hardware, Software, and Configuration
Overview:
Documents:
Question 1
Posted: 8/30/2023
Question: VMWARE, do you have an existing Contract or is this all Net NEW? also are you looking for singles of the Vmware subs
Response: Hello, can you please clarify your question? We are not sure what is being asked. Thanks,
Question 2
Posted: 9/5/2023
Question: Response to Question 1. Need to verify if the VMWare portion of this bid is Net New or is it a part of a Renewal. If its a Renewal, we will need to have the contract number which starts with the #3, roughly 9 digits.
Response: This is a new license
Question 3
Posted: 9/5/2023
Question: Is there a preferred brand for hardware? What brand is Wentzville currently using? Are there any brands Wentzville is not willing to consider? For top of rack switching, requirement for 25Gb SFP28 is clearly mentioned. Is there a need for any other bandwidths? 1GB, 10GB, etc? For the VSI cluster compute, is the ask for 1 server capable of running 4 VM hosts or 4 servers running 1 host each? Is power protection needed for the hardware?
Response: Is there a preferred brand for hardware? Dell What brand is Wentzville currently using? Not applicable Are there any brands Wentzville is not willing to consider? Dell is specified For top of rack switching, requirement for 25Gb SFP28 is clearly mentioned. Is there a need for any other bandwidths? 1GB, 10GB, etc? Not at this time For the VSI cluster compute, is the ask for 1 server capable of running 4 VM hosts or 4 servers running 1 host each? 1 server running 4 vm hosts Is power protection needed for the hardware? No
Question 4
Posted: 9/8/2023
Question: 1) Is Wentzville SD open to a consumption usage pricing model? Or want to see finance options? 2) What is the breakout of workloads in the environment? Block vs File data? 3) Will the upstream links be less than 100 Meter cable runs and connected using OM3 or OM4 multimode Fiber? 4) For the top of rack switches do you want 1 or 2 uplinks per switch to the existing network switch(es)? 5) What is the minimum cable length required for the network switches connection to production? 6) Is there a current VMware contract in place?
Response: 1) Is Wentzville SD open to a consumption usage pricing model? Or want to see finance options? Not at this time 2) What is the breakout of workloads in the environment? Block vs File data? 3) Will the upstream links be less than 100 Meter cable runs and connected using OM3 or OM4 multimode Fiber? Yes however We will be using single mode fiber only 4) For the top of rack switches do you want 1 or 2 uplinks per switch to the existing network switch(es)? 2 5) What is the minimum cable length required for the network switches connection to production? 10 feet 6) Is there a current VMware contract in place? No
Posted: 9/13/2023
Type of Addition: In Review
Posted: 9/25/2023
Type of Addition: Converge One
Posted: 9/25/2023
Type of Addition: Data Center Hardware, Software, and Configuration
Overview:
Documents:
Posted: 8/30/2023
Question: VMWARE, do you have an existing Contract or is this all Net NEW? also are you looking for singles of the Vmware subs
Response: Hello, can you please clarify your question? We are not sure what is being asked. Thanks,
Posted: 9/5/2023
Question: Response to Question 1. Need to verify if the VMWare portion of this bid is Net New or is it a part of a Renewal. If its a Renewal, we will need to have the contract number which starts with the #3, roughly 9 digits.
Response: This is a new license
Posted: 9/5/2023
Question: Is there a preferred brand for hardware? What brand is Wentzville currently using? Are there any brands Wentzville is not willing to consider? For top of rack switching, requirement for 25Gb SFP28 is clearly mentioned. Is there a need for any other bandwidths? 1GB, 10GB, etc? For the VSI cluster compute, is the ask for 1 server capable of running 4 VM hosts or 4 servers running 1 host each? Is power protection needed for the hardware?
Response: Is there a preferred brand for hardware? Dell What brand is Wentzville currently using? Not applicable Are there any brands Wentzville is not willing to consider? Dell is specified For top of rack switching, requirement for 25Gb SFP28 is clearly mentioned. Is there a need for any other bandwidths? 1GB, 10GB, etc? Not at this time For the VSI cluster compute, is the ask for 1 server capable of running 4 VM hosts or 4 servers running 1 host each? 1 server running 4 vm hosts Is power protection needed for the hardware? No
Posted: 9/8/2023
Question: 1) Is Wentzville SD open to a consumption usage pricing model? Or want to see finance options? 2) What is the breakout of workloads in the environment? Block vs File data? 3) Will the upstream links be less than 100 Meter cable runs and connected using OM3 or OM4 multimode Fiber? 4) For the top of rack switches do you want 1 or 2 uplinks per switch to the existing network switch(es)? 5) What is the minimum cable length required for the network switches connection to production? 6) Is there a current VMware contract in place?
Response: 1) Is Wentzville SD open to a consumption usage pricing model? Or want to see finance options? Not at this time 2) What is the breakout of workloads in the environment? Block vs File data? 3) Will the upstream links be less than 100 Meter cable runs and connected using OM3 or OM4 multimode Fiber? Yes however We will be using single mode fiber only 4) For the top of rack switches do you want 1 or 2 uplinks per switch to the existing network switch(es)? 2 5) What is the minimum cable length required for the network switches connection to production? 10 feet 6) Is there a current VMware contract in place? No