Data Center Rack Space

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is pursuing a single-source procurement for data center rack space from CoreSite, L.L.C., to be used for backup and disaster recovery infrastructure. The contract will span five years and involves installing hardware to back up field office data sets in a cloud repository located at CoreSite AT2 in Marietta, Georgia. Specifically, the procurement includes two dedicated racks with necessary power infrastructure, leveraging FDOT's existing two dedicated data lines (MFN2) already connected to the CoreSite data center. The solicitation will be posted from April 28, 2025, to May 19, 2025, providing a 15-business-day window for potential vendor responses. FDOT will manage backup and disaster recovery through its existing Veeam environment, with CoreSite providing the required infrastructure. The procurement's key objectives include establishing a strategic offsite data repository, minimizing secondary costs, and maintaining critical information technology infrastructure.

The solicitation appears to be a non-restricted procurement without specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises. CoreSite, L.L.C. is the intended sole-source vendor, with the contract estimated at $248,374.66 for the five-year term. The current infrastructure involves existing data lines and a Veeam backup environment, which will be integrated with the new rack space. No additional vendor qualifications beyond CoreSite's current capabilities are specified in the documentation. The procurement strategy emphasizes continuity and cost-effectiveness by utilizing an existing data center connection, thus avoiding potential expenses and complexities associated with establishing new data transmission infrastructure. The single-source justification is predicated on the strategic alignment of existing technical infrastructure and the minimal disruption this approach will create for FDOT's data management processes.