# North Carolina eVP #322-10302026ITDEPT

Edgecombe County replacement of Scale Computing hyperconverged systems at two facilities

**Posted:** October 13, 2026
**Respond By:** October 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 322-10302026ITDEPT
**NAICS:** 541512, 541519, 423430

Edgecombe County is seeking a replacement hyperconverged infrastructure solution for two county facilities in Tarboro, North Carolina.
- **Government buyer:** Edgecombe County, North Carolina; Jayson Webb, Chief Information Officer. The systems will serve the Administration Building and Sheriff’s Office.
- **OEMs:** **Scale Computing** is the named hyperconverged system manufacturer. Intel Xeon Gold processors are specified, or equivalent.
- **Systems requested:** Three rack-mounted nodes at each site, six total. Each node requires two 8-core/16-thread, 3.2 GHz processors, a four-port 10/25GbE adapter, and 60 TB of SAS storage using three 20 TB drives.
  - Administration Building: 768 GB RAM and one 7.68 TB SSD per node.
  - Sheriff’s Office: 384 GB RAM and one 3.84 TB SSD per node.
- **Network equipment at each site:** One Layer 3 switch with 24 25Gb SFP28 ports and four 100Gb QSFP ports, 12 multimode 25Gb SFP28 transceivers, and 12 three-meter fiber patch cables.
- **Services and requirements:** Install and configure the systems, integrate them with county infrastructure, migrate virtual machines and workloads, test connectivity and services (including snapshots and replication), provide configuration and licensing documentation, and conduct knowledge transfer. Hardware, Scale software, and support require five-year coverage and financing; network equipment is purchased outright and invoiced separately for each location. The County also requests manufacturer authorizations or certifications and at least three comparable references.

### Description

Edgecombe County is seeking bids to replace Scale Computing Hyperconverged equipment at its Administration Building and Sheriff's Office. The work includes supplying hardware, software, licenses, support and networking components; installation and configuration; migration of virtual machines and workloads; testing; documentation; and knowledge transfer. The specifications call for three rack-mounted nodes at each site, along with switches, transceivers, fiber cables, and five-year hardware and software support; the Scale equipment, software, and support must be ordered on a five-year finance plan. Bids must be sealed and submitted by October 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM, and must include a cost proposal and finance proposal, licenses and certifications, and three references.

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