PUR_7776_DCF SS 2223 084.pdf

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Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Department of Children and Families

TITLE: Equinix Network Edge Services

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Network automation tool enabling customers to select virtual network services, deployed virtually in multiple locations, and connected instantly to all major cloud providers.

CONTACT

Name: Joshua Burns

Address: See below email address.

Telephone: See below email address.

Email: Joshua.Burns@myflfamilies.com

Internal tracking number, if any: DCF SS 2223 084

Date posted: 4/13/2023 Last day for receipt of information: 5/4/2023

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

81162100: Cloud-based platform as a service

81162200: Cloud-based infrastructure as a service

83112203: VPN virtual private network managed network service

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

36 months

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

J.B. Holden, IT Cloud Services Director, Florida Department of Children and Families

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

Equinix Network Edge is a network automation tool enabling customers to select virtual network services, deployed virtually in multiple locations, and connected instantly to all major cloud providers. There is no equipment to buy, and no CAPEX is required. Virtual network functions can be turned on/off/up/down as needed instantaneously through the Equinix Customer Portal.

There are multiple OEM’s to select from, including routers, firewalls and SDWAN devices.

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Network Edge improves customer latency because Equinix data centers are at the cross-roads of all major global networks.

Network Edge also allows customers to connect to multiple cloud providers simultaneously as most major cloud providers have their cloud on-ramps inside of Equinix Data Centers.

Equinix Fabric is the backbone of Network Edge. Through a private network, Fabric connects every global Equinix Data center together as well as connectivity to cloud providers, SaaS providers, partners and customers. Over 10,000 possible connection sites are available.

Equinix Connect Internet supplies direct Internet access from 1G to 100G with redundancy built in via a primary and secondary service provider. Equinix Connect routers are connected to local

Equinix Internet Exchange switches that offer a shortcut to access local peers. This delivers optimal performance because almost every major ISP provider resides in Equinix Data Centers.

Due the diverse nature of the Department of Children and Families Cloud Environment, there is a defined need to have Cloud to Cloud Connectivity that no other provider currently offers. DCF has a large scale footprint in Amazon Web Services which housed the Florida Safe Families

Network (FSFN) Application, a large scale CCWIS Solution, along with Qlik a data visualization and dashboarding solution, and an ongoing Modernization effort for our Access

Economic Self Sufficiency Customer facing portal. The Department has large scale Enterprise

Data Warehouse and Data Analytics workspace in Microsoft's Azure Cloud offering, and is building other modernization platforms in Azure. These services will provide the required high-speed connectivity for data conversion and replication between the DCF's Cloud offerings that will allow these systems to have dedicated bandwidth, speeds, and connectivity needed to meet our Cloud First and Application Modernization initiatives. The service will also provide connectivity to the Department's Cloud Environments to facilitate connectivity with the State’s

IT resources as well as connectivity to all future module vendor’s cloud implementations and replicated resources for disaster recovery.

Implementation of the Equinix Network Edge services will occur in phases:

Phase 1 – This phase will establish the foundational connectivity to build a locally-redundant, Palo Alto-centric network with redundant connections to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft

Azure instance, and connectivity to the Southwood Data Center. Each data center will have two connections into the Equinix platform. This phase is to be implemented in FY22/23.

Phase 2 – This phase will establish enhanced redundancy with an additional set of connections that will enable the system to sustain more than one failure. This design can tolerate multiple link or device failures and maximize the potential of all virtual network devices by providing the maximum redundancy in a two VNF configuration. This phase is to be implemented in FY22/23, Disaster Recovery (DR) to a secondary Equinix site in Dallas, Texas further enhancing the disaster recovery ability of the DCF's cloud interconnection network, providing resiliency in the event the primary Equinix site becomes unavailable or inoperable.

As DCF's Cloud Center grows over time, if the system requires more than a single external IP address and expanding beyond 2 gbps, then the architecture can upgrade to a Dedicated Internet

Access (DIA) provider to connect Internet Service traffic to the Department's Cloud Center through Equinix.

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Intended Single Source:

St. Louis Based World Wide Technology, LLC

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$289,773.88

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

Because of the proximity of providers, the vast network within Equinix, and the virtual network services Equinix provides, no other competitor can deliver the services described above at the breadth, scale, and performance that Equinix provides. Additionally, this is the only available

Vendor that provides virtual services that run on a modular infrastructure platform, optimized for deployment and interconnection of network services, while reducing complexity, cost and increasing ease of management.

The Department has procured cloud exchange related services through a state term contract. The vendor on the state term contract is a reseller for Equinix. Through that contractual relationship, the Department’s process to connect to the major Cloud providers will reside on a network in the

Equinix Cloud Exchange location. The Department needs to have that network to securely connect with other Cloud networks. The Department has confirmed that the only vendor that is authorized to sell/configure the needed functionality at the Equinix Location is WWT. Therefore, the only vendor that can provide the connection from the Equinix location to the major Cloud provider as needed is WWT.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

JB Holden, IT Cloud Services Dirctor

Lynita Bell, Budget Officer

Timothy Lawson, OITS Business Operations

Cole Sousa, Chief Information Officer

Kimberly McMahon, Chief, Solicitation Administration

Thomas Valentine, General Counsel

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A-

1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.