Consulting Services
The Department is initiating this Request for Proposals (RFP) for consulting services to develop the required Implementation Plan. The Department is seeking expertise in data center technology and move planning to provide the following Services and Deliverables:
I.Services:
Project planning and control to deliver work products and deliverables according to a mutually agreed to schedule.
Apply mature Data Center design and move planning methods into the context of the Implementation Plan.
Facilitate requirements gathering to expand upon existing available requirements.
oRequirements Gathering activities will include staff for the most part. OB2 co-located customers are referred to as la carte customers and they will be included in requirements gathering and planning during later project phases. The Department has a basic idea of the la carte customer inventories at this time.
Validation and refinement of SDC Architecture documents and inputs.
oApply Expert skills in the areas of security, networking, servers, storage, facilities, and virtualization.
Identification and analysis of major alternatives relating to technology, skills, resource availability, procurement needs, budget, risk, and schedule.
