RFP for Infrastructure Services

IETF Executive Director <exec-director@ietf.org> Tue, 18 July 2023 16:07 UTC

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From: IETF Executive Director <exec-director@ietf.org>
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Subject: RFP for Infrastructure Services
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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:07:17 -0700
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The IETF Administration LLC is soliciting bids for Infrastructure Services.

Overview:

The current contract for IETF IT infrastructure services is a black box contract - we specify the systems to be maintained along with a very basic SLA, and the provider is responsible for the underlying infrastructure on which those systems operate, including the system administration strategy. This underlying infrastructure consists of a small number of managed servers with most applications installed directly onto those servers though more recently containers have been used.

The IETF Administration LLC has consulted with the community to develop a new operational strategy for how the infrastructure should be operated. This strategy sets goals for the infrastructure to move to the cloud and to be managed very differently. As well as providing for a more modern infrastructure, this new strategy also lays the foundations for a change to the architecture of our in-house applications to take advantage of modern scaling and hosting capabilities.

This RFP is for a service provider to design the new cloud based infrastructure, migrate the existing services to that infrastructure and then manage the infrastructure. It is likely that this management will involve occasional projects to support major changes in application deployment.

Timeline:

18 July 2023 RFP Issued
8 August 2023 Questions and Inquiries deadline
15 August 2023 Answers to questions issued and RFP updated if required
5 September 2023 Bids due
19 September 2023 Preferred bidder selected and negotiations begin
6 October 2023 Contract execution and work begins

Bids are due by <22:00 UTC> on the day noted above.

Full details of the RFP, including instructions on how to submit a bid and how to ask questions, can be found at
https://www.ietf.org/about/administration/rfps-and-contracts/.

Please note that in order to maintain a fair and transparent RFP process, all questions or feedback regarding this RFP should be made to the email address specified in the RFP.

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Jay Daley
IETF Executive Director
exec-director@ietf.org

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