NCB_6569_Terremark_Federal_Group_LLC_dba_Verizon.pdf

STATE OF CALIFORNIA- GENERAL SERVICES PROCUREMENT DIVISION

CONTRACT ADVERTISING EXEMPTION REQUEST

(IN CALIFORNIA STATE CONTRACTS REGISTER)

STD. 821 (REV. 10/2006)

Government Code Section 14825 (et seq.) requires that all agreements entered into by state agencies for services shall be published in the California State Contracts Register (CSCR), unless exempted. Agreements which have been exempted by Department of General Services shall be listed in the CSCR.

TYPE OF REQUEST (Check one) SERVICE TYPE

EXEMPTION

FROM ADVERTISING

r7] NON-COMPETITIVELY BID (NCB)

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DEPARTMENTAL CONTACT INFORMATION

PLEASE TYPE

NAME: �nnifer Salinas DEPARTMENT, Air Resources Board

D1v1s10N Administrative Services Division ADDREss, I 00 I I Street, 20th Floor c1TY.sTATE,z1P:�cramento, CA 95814

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CONTRACT NUMBER AMENDMENT NUMBER (If Applicable) CONTRACT AMOUNT

D NON-ITfTELECOM RELATEO SERVICE D ITfTELECOM RELATED SERVICES

AGENCY BILLING CODE 64730

CONTRACT DESCRIPTION

Disaster Recovery site for storing critical Infonnation Technology data

TELEPHONE NUMBER (Not CALNET-lnclude Area Code)

(916) 322-0475 AMENDMENT AMOUNT (If Applicable) CONTRACT PERIOD

150IS004 2 S 111,226.00 $41,018.00 11/1/15 - 5/31/17

PROVIDE

CONTRACTOR'S

NAME AND ADDRESS

ONLY IF A NON

COMPETITIVELY BID

(NCB) CONTRACT IS

PROPOSED

CONTRACTOR'S NAME

Terrernark Federal Group, LLC dba Verizon CONTRACTOR' S ADDRESS (Number, Street)

11080 White Rock Road, Suite 200 (City, State, ZIP Code)

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER

An exemption from advertising in the California State Contracts Register is not an exemption from Disabled \letitran Business Enterprise (DVBE) participation goal attainment.

EXEMPTION JUSTIFICATION (Attach additional sheets if necessary)

Air Resources Board (ARB) hosts and supports more than 90 mission critical and public facing business applications and databases at the California Department of Technology Center in Rancho Cordova, California. These systems are typically custom built and developed specifically to meet ARB business needs, and to serve and deliver air quality informati_on to ARB stakeholders and to the general public. In the event of a disaster, whether natural or man-made, ARB mission critical and public facing applications and databases could become unavailable.

ARB therefore requires a suitable Disaster Recovery site for storing backups, archives, and reconstituting its most critical systems in case of an extended outage. Currently, there is no other service provider supporting these services for ARB.

In ARB's release of the original Request for Quote (RFQ), ARB indicated a technical requirement of a standard height rack to store ARB's equipment (a 47 rack unit server space). The specific dimension of ARB 's equipment was never mentioned in the RFQ. The lack of clarity provided in the RFQ lead to a difference in definition of a standard height cabinet for ARB and Verizon. ARB's definition of a standard rack is an American Power Conversion NetShelter which is 48 inches tall and has a depth of 4 7 .2 inches; while the depth of a standard rack for Verizon's data center is approximately 29.25 inches. Since ARB's equipment will not fit into a standard Verizon rack, Verizon is able to build a secured cage area within their data center that will allow ARB to install an ARB owned rack deep enough to hold ARB's equipment at an additional cost of$41,018.00.

Approving this NCB will save State time and resources as ARB staff would need to cancel the current contract and rebid a new contract with more specific dimensions.

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DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERV CES

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