2024_Purestorage.pdf

AMENDMENTS

- Due date extended to Friday, August 9th.

REQUEST FOR BID PROPOSAL

Pure Storage FlashArray X20R4 Storage Unit

BARROW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Barrow County School District

179 W. Athens Street Winder, Georgia 30680

E-mail itsbids@barrow.k12.ga.us

Barrow County Board of Education 179 W. Athens St.

Winder, Georgia 30680

John St.Clair Email: ITSbids@barrow.k12.ga.us

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR

Pure Storage FlashArray X20R4 Storage Unit

To: All Interested Vendors You are invited to submit a formal proposal (bid) for Pure Storage FlashArray X20R4 storage unit for the Barrow County School District in accordance with the attached General Conditions and Specifications.

Proposals from bidders will be received by Barrow County Schools, 179 W. Athens St., Winder, Georgia 30680 until 11:00 A.M. local time, on Friday, August 9th. Proposals must be emailed to the attention of John St.Clair at itsbids@barrow.k12.ga.us.

Emailed proposals will only be deemed accepted for consideration upon delivery of a confirmation email from jstclair@barrow.k12.ga.us to vendor’s email indicating receipt of proposal. If vendor does not receive confirmation of receipt of proposal via email, vendor should consider proposal not to have been delivered.

Barrow County reserves right to postpone bid opening to later the same day beyond original due date/time in event of delay of email services. Once time has been called and the first proposal has been opened, any proposals received thereafter will be rejected. Proposals must be valid for a period of 90 days after bid opening. Barrow County Schools reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any informality in bidding.

Questions may be directed to Mr. John St.Clair via e-mail to itsbids@barrow.k12.ga.us.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

The Barrow County School System seeks competitive bids for Pure Storage X20R4 as per the specific criteria to follow, as well as the following general conditions:

• Storage unit must be completely new.

• All components must be new.

• Vendor must be authorized by Pure Storage to sell storage units– no grey market allowed. Vendor must furnish proof of authorization to sell Pure Storage.

SPECIFIC CRITERIA

Model: Pure Storage FlashArray X20R4-ETH-22TB-10x2.2TB Drive Configuration: 10x 2.25TB

RAW: 22TB

Usable: 12.6 TB Effective TB – 43.2TB 4x 1G Management Ports 4x 10/25G iSCSI Data Ports 5YR Evergreen Forever Support

Trade Names “or Equal” Clause

No manufacturer or model substitutions will be allowed.

The Barrow County School System may accept any bid offered on an all, some, or none basis, within funds available, whichever is in the best interest of the school system.