Data Storage Solution

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) intends to enter into a 5-year single source contract with iXsystems, Inc. for a data storage solution. FDOT requires an enterprise-level, highly-available storage system to store pavement data, including Pavement Condition Surveys (PCS) and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data, which is necessary to support design and forensics applications across the state. The data storage requirements are 27,500 miles of roadway, approximately 137.5 terabytes per year, which needs to be stored on-premises for optimal processing. FDOT has justified the single source acquisition of iXsystems' TrueNAS Open Source storage operating system and appliance, as it is the only known application that offers the required capabilities. The total contract value is $324,890.00, and the opportunity is posted with a due date of July 28, 2024.

This contract opportunity is not designated for any set-aside categories, and there are no incumbent vendors or current contractors listed. The justification for the single source procurement is that iXsystems, Inc. is the author, developer, and sole source provider of the TrueNAS solution, which is the only known application that meets FDOT's technical and operational requirements for the data storage system.