# North Carolina eVP #322-10302026ITDEPT

Edgecombe County Scale Computing hyperconverged infrastructure replacement

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

Edgecombe County is seeking a replacement hyperconverged infrastructure deployment for its Administration Building and Sheriff’s Office in Tarboro, North Carolina.
- **Government buyer:** Edgecombe County; buyer contact: Jayson Webb, Chief Information Officer. No sub-agency or office is specified.
- **Named OEMs:** **Scale Computing** is the specified hyperconverged system manufacturer; **Intel** Xeon Gold processors are specified, or equivalent.
- **Products and quantities:**
  - Administration Building: 3 rack-mounted Scale Computing nodes, each with two 8-core/16-thread, 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon Gold processors or equivalent, 768 GB RAM, 60 TB SAS storage (three 20 TB drives), one 7.68 TB SSD, and a four-port 10/25GbE adapter.
  - Sheriff’s Office: 3 rack-mounted Scale Computing nodes with the same processor and SAS storage requirements, 384 GB RAM, one 3.84 TB SSD, and a four-port 10/25GbE adapter per node.
  - Each site: 1 Layer 3 switch with 24 25Gb SFP28 ports and 4 100Gb QSFP ports; 12 multimode 25Gb SFP28 transceivers; and 12 three-meter fiber patch cables.
- **Services and notable requirements:** Install and configure the systems, integrate with county infrastructure, migrate designated virtual machines and workloads, coordinate downtime, test connectivity and services, verify snapshots and replication, provide configuration and licensing documentation, and conduct knowledge transfer.
- Scale hardware, software, and support require five-year financing and five-year warranty/support coverage. Network equipment is purchased outright and invoiced separately for each location.
- No manufacturer part numbers are specified.

### Description

Edgecombe County is seeking bids to replace Scale Computing hyperconverged equipment at the County Administration Building and Sheriff's Office. The work includes providing hardware, software, licenses, support, networking components, installation and configuration, migration of designated virtual machines, testing, documentation, and knowledge transfer. The systems must include three nodes at each site, with specified processor, memory, storage, networking, and support requirements; Scale hardware, 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 include required qualifications, references, and a finance proposal.

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