BackBlaze Capacity Storage

State University of New York Procurement Number P-1600 BackBlaze Capacity Storage SUNY System Administration August 31, 2026 Procurement Description The State University of New York (SUNY) wishes to procure BackBlaze Capacity Storage.BB-RESERVE-1-1000. This product should include the following: 1,000 TBs of Capacity storage for 1 year. Free Egress up to 3,000 TBs a month, Free Transaction Calls, Universal Data Migration to Backblaze B2, No delete penalties, Tera support Contract Period Twelve Months Required Content of Proposals Proposals should include the following (proposals that don’t include the following may not be considered): 1. Include all line items requested 2. A detailed cost proposal. 3. INCLUDE SOC 2 Type 2 or 3rd party attestation and/or HECVAT. 4. Certification regarding NYS Executive Order No. 16. All bidders must complete and submit the certification found in the link below. https://ogs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/04/eo16_certification.pdf 5. Completed required MWBE/ SDVOB Forms as described below. Questions Questions are due by September 9, 2026, at 5:00 pm eastern time. Email questions to the primary designated contact identified below, with a copy to the secondary contact. Answers to all questions received will be provided on approximately September 16, 2026. Submission of Proposals Proposals are due by September 22, 2026, at 5:00 pm eastern time. Proposals may be submitted electronically or by hard copy. If submitting electronically, please do not submit your proposal as a zip file and do not password-protect your proposal. Please email your proposal to (do not submit questions to this email address): [email protected] Or mail hard copy to: Erik Finkell SUNY System Administration H. Carl McCall SUNY Building, S110 353 Broadway Albany, New York 12246 Contract Award The State University of New York intends to make this award under its discretionary authority, pursuant to NYS Education Law §355(5)(a), which is up to $125,000. A sealed bid opening will not be held. There is no RFP or IFB. Inquiries are to be made by email only and only to the designated contacts identified below. SUNY will make no reimbursement for travel or travel-related expenses. The University reserves the right to make no award. Designated Contacts (email questions to both individuals below) Primary Secondary Erik Finkell Sydney Meredith Contract Administrator Purchase Associate [email protected] [email protected] 518-320-1877 518-320-1341 In accordance with NYS Procurement Lobbying Law, the Restricted Period for this procurement has begun and will continue through contract approval. During this time, bidders, potential bidders and interested vendors may only contact the designated contacts identified above. All communication pertaining to this procurement must be directed to the designated contacts. Do not contact any other SUNY officials. Doing so may jeopardize the procurement and/or may lead to disqualification of the bidder’s proposal. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: SHI International Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 0.00% Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) MBE Goal: 0.00% WBE Goal: 0.00% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise contracting goals (DBE) DBE Goal: 0.00%