Waco Independent School District Ionwave #26-1319 Addendum 2

Waco ISD server refresh and VMware-to-alternative hypervisor migration

Waco Independent School District is seeking an integrated server refresh and migration from VMware to a non-VMware virtualization platform. - Buyer: Waco Independent School District (Waco ISD), Purchasing Department. - Requested solution: Supply, rack, and configure enterprise x86 servers; implement a non-VMware hypervisor and centralized management platform; and migrate the District’s virtual machines. - Named platform options include Nutanix AHV (Nutanix), Verge.io, KVM/Proxmox VE (Proxmox), and HPE Morpheus (HPE). VMware is the existing platform to be replaced. - New server, software, and networking quantities and part numbers are not specified; vendors are expected to propose a bill of materials and licensing approach. - Current environment: Nine Cisco UCS UCSB-B200-M5 hosts—six at the primary site and three at the secondary site—with Intel Xeon Gold 6126 processors. The environment has 255 primary-site VMs and eight secondary-site staging VMs. Waco ISD plans to retain its PureStorage array. - Networking: Provide hardware or configuration as needed for internode and storage traffic. An addendum specifies 40/100GbE networking; existing uplinks are described as 10/25GbE in a primarily Cisco environment. - Migration and operations requirements: Include discovery and assessment, dependency and performance review, phased migration, pilot testing, benchmarking, user acceptance testing, and scheduled cutovers. The target is zero data loss and minimal operational disruption. - The platform must support centralized monitoring, resource allocation, automated patching, high availability, live migration, snapshots, and disaster-recovery integration. - Include implementation documentation, as-built information, staff training, and knowledge transfer. - Support and proposal details: Address warranties, support tiers, response times, escalation, maintenance costs, licensing, rack footprint, migration milestones, downtime, and cost breakdown. One vendor is intended to be selected.

Description

Waco ISD is seeking proposals from qualified systems integrators, hardware vendors, and technology providers for a comprehensive infrastructure migration. The work includes replacing existing server hardware and transitioning from VMware to an alternative enterprise-grade hypervisor, such as Nutanix AHV, Verge.io, KVM/Proxmox VE, or HPE Morpheus. The selected vendor will provide an integrated hardware-software architecture, migration methodology, implementation services, and post-implementation support, with the stated goal of zero data loss and minimal operational disruption.

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