Basic Information

Reference Number

0000087371

Issuing Organization

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Owner Organization

CMHR

Solicitation Type

RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal)

Solicitation Number

CMHR 2018-04

Title

IT – STORAGE SPACES DIRECT

Source ID

FD.CC.Man..974521.C98414

Details

Location

Canada, Manitoba

Delivery Point

WINNIPEG

Description

With this Negotiated Request for Proposals (“NRFP”), the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (“CMHR”) is soliciting proposals from manufacturers who are certified by Microsoft for Software-Defined Storage to provide a high performance, cost effective, and flexible storage solution to the Museum. The successful candidate will be selected based on an assessment of their ability to meet the requirements of the Museum, supplier service and affordability.

The Museum requires a software-defined storage solution built on Windows Server Storage Spaces Direct with the following requirements:
·         Ability to grow over time
·         Highly Available
·         Redundant with no single points of failure
·         Tiered for performance and capacity
·         Integrated dashboards, monitoring, and alerting utilizing the Windows Storage Health Service API
·         Supports SMB3 over RDMA
·         10Gbps networking minimum; 40/100Gbps networking preferred
·         Critical 4-hour by 365 days and Next Business Day options for Maintenance and Support for 5-year lifecycle

Dates

Publication

2018/05/03 11:26:12 AM CDT

Question Acceptance DeadlineA - Latest Amendment

2018/06/05 02:00:00 PM CDT

Questions are submitted online

Closing DateA - Latest Amendment

2018/06/15 02:00:00 PM CDT

Contact Information

Purchasing Department

204-289-2094

lisa.timmers@humanrights.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic Bid Submission

Pricing

Lump sum

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Bid Documents	Documents defining the proposal	No	No
No entries

Additional Bidding Instructions

Proposals shall be submitted on, and in accordance with, forms supplied by the Museum. All responses are to be submitted to the Museum through the use of MERX Electronic Bid Submission (EBS). Proponents shall be solely responsible for the delivery of their Proposals in the manner and time prescribed.

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