Data Center Requests for Proposals (RFP)

There are three keys to successful procurement of data center services and equipment:

• In-depth understanding and definition of your requirements,
• Creation of a competitive bidding process, and
• Access to the latest market intelligence.

Advocate Networks can lead or assist you in developing and executing a best-in-class Data Center RFP process. We have lead over 100 RFP projects in the last 4 years procuring over $200 million in services and equipment. Our process is fast, efficient and creates significant return on investment. If you do not believe us, talk to our customers.

We can assist you in defining real-world requirements, advise you on the most effective process for achieving your goals and bring the latest market intelligence regarding rates, terms, conditions, service levels, provisioning, support and performance of vendors in the market.

If you have contract expiring in the next 12 months, want to reduce costs, or just want to improve your competitive position, talk with us about the full range of options.

Advocate Networks can provide technical expertise and market intelligence advice for data center implementation, relocation, consolidation, and collocation services. We have a broad base of technical and operational expertise in data center planning, site selection, physical security, data center infrastructure cost estimation, contract negotiations, implementation and consolidation.

Our consultants are experienced with data center implementations across North America, Europe, and Asia. Our focus is balanced across the goals of the Business, cost effectiveness, and technical excellence in support of stability, security, and value to your Customers.

• Data Center Strategy: We assist in clarifying requirements, identifying data center Tier level targets, creating cost/benefit, ROI and TCO estimates, and creation of data center plan and roadmap aligned with the strategic goals of the business.
• Data Center Design: In the Design Phase we assess buy/build options, author RFP’s, and identify collocation, engineering and construction partners.
• Data Center Transition: We assist with the steps necessary to implement the Data Center plan including contract negotiation, project management, relocation of data processing services, and consolidation of IT assets.
• Data Center Operation: Toward continual improvement of operations, we assess current state against contemporary best practices, benchmark against industry standards, and develop an executable gap analysis to improve and align service delivery with the needs of the Business. We also deliver Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning services, and can integrate BC/DR requirements into the enterprise data center plan.

Our valued Clients include firms with a few hundred square feet of data processing equipment desiring to improve stability and security to position their company for rapid growth, as well as multi-national firms with multiple data centers across the globe consolidating to improve the efficiency of IT Operations.