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Colocation RFP & Provider Selection

Get exactly what you need from a colocation provider, in writing

Every colocation proposal is written to highlight its strengths and gloss over its weaknesses.

Choosing a colocation provider involves comparing proposals that are written to highlight each provider's strengths and gloss over its weaknesses, which makes side-by-side comparison difficult without a consistent framework. MDI manages the entire RFP process, developing, writing, distributing, and evaluating proposals against your specific business and technical requirements, then negotiating a service level agreement that protects your interests.

What You Can Expect

A structured RFP process, from requirements through signed SLA.

Requirements-Based RFP

Built around your business, technical, security, and legal requirements.

Proposal Distribution

Distribution, collection, and evaluation of provider responses.

Side-by-Side Comparison

A comparison matrix across pricing, capability, and compliance.

Negotiation Support

Vendor negotiation support through final selection.

SLA Negotiation

Negotiated to protect your business and technical interests.

Independent Advice

From a team that has designed, built, and operated data centers.

Compliance Evaluation

Provider security and compliance posture evaluated against requirements.

Final Selection Support

A clear, documented recommendation at the end of the process.

Why a Structured RFP Matters

A proposal written to win is not the same as a proposal written to fit.

How You Win

Requirements-Based Comparison

Not whichever proposal reads best.

Negotiating Leverage

Providers know they are being evaluated against competition.

An SLA That Fits

Reflects your requirements, not a provider's standard template.

Avoids a Poor Fit

Avoids locking into a provider whose facility or terms do not fit.

Technical and Leasing Expertise

Both sides of the decision, not just one.

A Documented Process

A clean record of why the chosen provider won, for later reference.

Our Approach

Define Requirements

Translate business, technical, security, and legal needs into RFP criteria.

Distribute and Collect

Send the RFP to qualified providers and collect their proposals.

Build the Comparison

Score every proposal against the same pricing, capability, and compliance criteria.

Negotiate the SLA

Negotiate service levels that protect your business and technical interests.

Confirm the Selection

Deliver a documented recommendation to support the final decision.

Proven Success

Colohub Midwest

A structured provider comparison behind a 57,000 square foot facility built for enterprise and colocation tenants.

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HFT Data Center Program

RFP and SLA discipline applied consistently across eight markets for one client's colocation footprint.

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Where This Fits

Colocation RFP & Provider Selection is one of ten services MDI offers across the full project lifecycle. Clients can engage at any point, whether that means this one service or several together.

Part of Our Integrated Services Offering

Colocation RFP & Provider Selection is the front door to a retail colocation strategy.

It pairs naturally with owner's representation and commissioning once a provider or site is chosen.

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Talk to an Advisor About Colocation RFP & Provider Selection

Get a provider comparison based on your requirements, not marketing material.

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