Summary
The Regent Universities (University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa) are seeking proposals from qualified suppliers to provide enterprise commodity data storage and related equipment and services over a three-year period. The University of Iowa has an estimated need of 32 Petabytes with planned expansion, Iowa State University has approximately 12PB in current use with a minimum 2PB purchase per year, and the University of Northern Iowa is interested in proposed solutions. Suppliers must be in business continuously for at least three years, provide financial statements, supply new and unused equipment, and submit proposals either through cost-plus or discount-off-list pricing structures.