1. Agreement to these terms
These Terms of Use are a binding agreement between you and Data Center Bid Exchange LLC, doing business as Data Center Bid Exchange ("DCBX," "we," "us," or "our"). By visiting the website, signing in, submitting a form, purchasing a membership, requesting research, creating a Vendor Passport, or otherwise using our services, you agree to these terms and our Privacy Policy.
If you use DCBX for a company or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization. If you do not agree, do not use the services.
2. The platform and its role
DCBX helps contractors, vendors, owners, operators, staffing firms, and other industry participants identify and evaluate data-center opportunities, companies, markets, qualifications, and procurement activity. Services may include opportunity listings, source links, alerts, research, reports, Vendor Passports, qualification scorecards, and member-only tools.
Unless a listing expressly states otherwise, information shown on DCBX is not an official invitation to bid, request for proposal, prequalification notice, contract award, or representation from a project owner or general contractor. You must confirm all deadlines, scopes, requirements, contacts, and opportunities with the official source before acting.
DCBX does not represent either side of a transaction and is not responsible for negotiations, selection decisions, bids, contracts, performance, payment, safety, licensing, or disputes between users or third parties.
3. Eligibility and accounts
You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter a contract. Business users must use accurate, current information and may not impersonate another person or company.
Some services require DCBX member sign-in through our authentication provider. You are responsible for protecting your sign-in credentials, limiting account access to authorized users, and notifying us promptly through the Contact page if you suspect unauthorized access. Access rights and seat limits may not be shared outside the subscribing organization.
4. Memberships, fees, renewals, and cancellation
- Pricing. Current plan pricing, billing frequency, included seats or markets, and add-on charges are shown before checkout. Applicable taxes may be added.
- Recurring billing. Memberships are subscriptions. By purchasing, you authorize Stripe to charge the selected payment method at the stated interval until cancellation.
- Renewal. A subscription automatically renews for successive billing periods unless canceled before the next renewal date.
- Cancellation. You may cancel future renewals through the billing portal or by contacting us. Unless required by law or stated in a written order, cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period.
- Refunds. Fees already paid are nonrefundable and are not prorated, except where required by law or expressly agreed in writing.
- Failed payment. We may suspend paid access if a charge fails, a subscription expires, or payment is disputed.
- Price or plan changes. We may change future pricing or plan features with reasonable advance notice. Changes do not alter a current paid period unless you agree.
A signed order form, statement of work, or other written agreement controls if it expressly conflicts with these terms.
5. Information requests and custom research
Submitting an information request does not obligate you to purchase or obligate DCBX to perform work. We will review the requested scope and, when applicable, provide written pricing or terms before research begins.
Research is based on the scope, timing, and sources reasonably available. Unless a written statement of work says otherwise, deliverables are provided for internal business evaluation, may not be redistributed or resold, and do not include legal, financial, engineering, safety, licensing, or investment advice.
6. Vendor Passports, verification, research, and scoring
If you submit a Vendor Passport, you represent that you are authorized to provide the information, that it is accurate and current, and that you have permission to identify any client reference or other individual. You must promptly request a correction if material information changes.
You authorize DCBX to review and verify submitted business information; contact references; compare information with public, licensed, and third-party sources; use automated or artificial-intelligence-assisted research tools; and create qualification summaries, findings, and scores. Material findings may be reviewed by a person before being reflected in a score or profile.
You grant DCBX a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, reproduce, format, analyze, and display the business-profile content you submit as needed to operate, verify, and promote your Vendor Passport. This license ends when the content is deleted, except for copies retained for legal, security, backup, or dispute-resolution purposes.
DCBX may make selected business-profile fields, supporting-source links, verification status, and scorecard information available to authorized buyers or procurement members. We do not promise verification, a particular score, inclusion on a bid list, buyer interest, an invitation, or an award. A DCBX status or score is an informational assessment—not an endorsement, certification, safety determination, or substitute for independent due diligence.
7. Your content and confidential information
You retain ownership of content you submit. You give us the limited rights necessary to receive, store, process, reproduce, transmit, and use that content to provide, secure, support, and improve the requested services.
Do not submit passwords, banking credentials, Social Security numbers, tax identification numbers, export-controlled information, protected health information, or information you are not authorized to disclose. Unless we sign a separate confidentiality agreement, do not treat a submission through the website as establishing a confidential, fiduciary, or professional relationship.
8. Acceptable use
You may not:
- violate law, contractual obligations, privacy rights, intellectual-property rights, or procurement rules;
- submit false, misleading, defamatory, infringing, or unlawfully obtained information;
- scrape, harvest, systematically copy, republish, resell, or build a competing database from DCBX content without written permission;
- share paid access beyond authorized users, bypass access controls, probe for vulnerabilities, or interfere with the service;
- upload malicious code, automate abusive requests, or use the service to spam, deceive, discriminate unlawfully, or harass; or
- present DCBX data as an official owner, contractor, government, or procurement record when it is not.
9. DCBX intellectual property
The services, site design, software, databases, selection and arrangement of information, reports, scoring methods, graphics, logos, and DCBX-created content are owned by DCBX or its licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Subject to these terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable right to use the services for your organization’s internal business purposes.
No trademark, copyright, database, or other ownership right is transferred to you. You may not use DCBX names or marks to imply sponsorship, partnership, certification, or endorsement without written permission.
10. Third-party services and source material
The services may link to or depend on third-party websites, public records, project sources, Stripe, Formspree, transactional email services, OpenAI research services, hosting providers, and other tools. Third parties control their own services, content, availability, security, and privacy practices. A link or integration does not mean DCBX endorses the third party or guarantees its information.
11. Disclaimers
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” DCBX DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION.
PROJECT INFORMATION, PUBLIC RECORDS, VENDOR SUBMISSIONS, AUTOMATED RESEARCH, AND THIRD-PARTY SOURCES MAY BE INCOMPLETE, DELAYED, CHANGED, OR INCORRECT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND FOR YOUR BUSINESS, PROCUREMENT, SAFETY, LICENSING, CONTRACTING, AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS.
12. Limitation of liability and indemnity
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DCBX AND ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, BUSINESS, OR OPPORTUNITIES; OR PROCUREMENT, BID, AWARD, PAYMENT, OR PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DCBX’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF $100 OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID DCBX FOR THE SERVICE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT. These limits do not apply where applicable law prohibits them.
You will defend, indemnify, and hold DCBX harmless from third-party claims and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful use of the services, your content, your violation of these terms, or your infringement of another party’s rights. This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim was caused by DCBX’s own misconduct.
13. Suspension and termination
You may stop using the services at any time, subject to any outstanding payment obligations. We may restrict or suspend access when reasonably necessary to address nonpayment, security risk, suspected fraud, unlawful conduct, misuse, material breach, or risk to DCBX, users, or third parties. We may terminate a material breach that is not cured after notice when a cure is appropriate.
Provisions that by their nature should survive termination—including ownership, payment obligations, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnity, and governing law—will survive.
14. Governing law and disputes
These terms and any dispute or claim arising from or relating to these terms or the services are governed solely by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Before filing a claim, the parties will make a good-faith effort for 30 days to resolve the dispute informally after written notice.
If any provision is unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will remain effective. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these terms without our consent; DCBX may assign them in connection with a reorganization, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
15. Changes, notices, and contact
We may update these terms as the services or law changes. We will post the revised terms and update the effective date. If a change materially affects an active paid membership, we will provide reasonable notice through the service or available contact information. Continued use after the revised terms take effect constitutes acceptance.
Questions, legal notices, and correction requests may be submitted through our Contact page. Please identify the request as “Legal / Terms” and include enough detail for us to respond.