Firewall Replacement Service

The City of Arroyo Grande, California, is seeking a vendor to replace its end-of-life firewalls with new appliances to ensure secure and reliable network operations. The selected contractor must handle the entire lifecycle of the replacement, including installation, configuration, migration, and ongoing support. The project begins with a stakeholder kick-off meeting, followed by a detailed review of existing firewall configurations, VPNs, NAT rules, VLANs, routing, and system integrations to identify risks and dependencies. The scope of work requires the vendor to develop a detailed migration and cutover plan, supply the new firewall hardware with all necessary licenses, and confirm support terms for TAC, updates, and hardware replacement. The contractor must install the new appliances, configure all technical settings and security zones, optimize existing rule sets, and apply industry best practice hardening standards. Migration must occur during a scheduled maintenance window with a rollback plan in place, followed by comprehensive functional testing, connectivity validation, and confirmation of high-availability failover and logging integration. Only onshore organizations based in the United States are eligible to bid on this opportunity. The selected vendor must perform all work onsite at the agency's location in Arroyo Grande, California. Bidders may submit their proposals digitally via email or through the designated online portal, and the agency is currently open to all budget proposals. The agency has scheduled an optional pre-bid meeting for July 6, 2026, to address preliminary project details. Bidders must submit any questions regarding the solicitation no later than July 8, 2026. The evaluation of proposals will depend on the submitted bids, though the agency has not specified further evaluation criteria in the initial announcement.