VMware Cloud Foundation Infrastructure Refresh Services
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March 20, 2026: RFP published by County
March 20th-April 7th, 2026: Pre-Qualification
March 30th, 2026: Deadline to submit Pre-Qualification Self Certification Form
April 2nd, 2026: List of Qualified Proposers for Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference published in Public Purchase
April 6th, 2026: Deadline for Qualified Proposers to submit Attachment G, Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
April 8th, 2026: Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference for Qualified Proposers
April 9th, 2026: Pre-proposal conference attendance list published
April 17th, 2026: Deadline for Vendors to submit RFP Questions to County
April 27th, 2026: County publishes answers to RFP Questions
May 5th, 2026: Proposal submission deadline (2 p.m. PDT)
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Issuing Agency
County of Santa Barbara
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DESCRIPTION
This RFP seeks a qualified vendor to provide VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure refresh services. The scope includes the procurement and implementation of enterprise-grade vSAN Ready Nodes to replace three existing VxRail clusters, supporting a comprehensive refresh of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) infrastructure. The solution must enable disaster recovery modernization and allow migration to VCF Identity Broker while ensuring continuous business operations.
Key requirements include supporting migration from VxRail to VCF-compliant vSAN Ready Nodes capable of handling business-critical workloads, transitioning from Enhanced Linked Mode to VCF Identity Broker for centralized identity management, and maintaining a dual vCenter architecture with VCF Identity Broker-based linking. The vendor must also ensure the solution achieves or improves upon a sustained, testable 15-minute Recovery Point Objective (RPO), validated through acceptance testing and clearly documented in disaster recovery runbooks.
All clarifying questions regarding this RFP must be submitted by March 30, 2026.
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This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.