SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- 64 Processor Supercomputer
- Notice Date
- 9/7/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, USAF Academy - 10 MSG/LGC, 8110 Industrial Drive Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO, 80840-2315
- ZIP Code
- 80840-2315
- Solicitation Number
- FA7000-06-T-0136
- Response Due
- 9/13/2006
- Archive Date
- 11/1/2006
- Description
- The Air Force Academy has a Brand Name requirement for the purchase of a 64 Processor SuperComputer, SGI Altix 4700 manufactured by Silicon Graphics Inc. This super computer has 512 gigabytes (GB) of globally shared memory and 3200 megabytes per second (MBps) interconnect. The super computer must be compatible with the software requirement listed in the Government?s specifications listed below. Listed below is the Government's minimum requirement for a super computer: a. Computational and Memory Capability i. Multiprocessor capability ii. Binary compatible with Itanium2 64-bit chip architecture iii. 64 or more separate physical central processing units (CPU) iv. Able to scale to 512 or more processors v. All processors must be accessible within a single system operating system (OS) image vi. All CPUs must be able to address any address of physical or virtual memory; in other words, globally addressable shared memory. vii. CPU to memory characteristics 1. Message Passing Interface (MPI) latency less than 1.5 micro-second (?sec) 2. Bandwidth-per-link to memory: 3200 megabyte per second (MBps) viii. Total on-board memory must be minimum 512 gigabyte (GB) random access memory (RAM), expandable to 768 GB RAM or greater ix. Total System memory must be expandable to 1 terabyte (TB), with expansion hardware (daughter boards, off-motherboard) b. Input / Output Capability i. Local storage 1. 100 TB total locally-usable disk-based storage (raw capacity) 2. Configured to handle two simultaneous hardware faults via Level 5 RAID plus hot-spare 3. A single cold-spare disk drive of each unique manufacturer model 4. Disk drives accessible by CPU via fiber channel (FC) 5. 4 Gbps FC interface to local storage ii. Network connections 1. 2 gigabit Ethernet ports, electrical (Cu) c. Environment Characteristics i. Power / Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) 1. UPS to provide shutdown and power-off of complete system within ~10 minutes, complete ride-through of 5 minute power outage 2. UPS connects to 240V/208V USA line power systems d. Software i. Multithreaded multiprocessor operating system with a single-system image ii. Operating systems experience (greater than 5 years) utilizing systems of 64 CPU or greater iii. Binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux3 based OS with proven multiprocessor and multithreaded scalability processing enhancements iv. Compilers must support multithreading and multiprocessing open MP, MPICH utilizing hardware interconnects (shared memory or numalink) 1. Intel Fortran, Intel C, Intel C++, Intel Fortran95, Java, LAM, PVM, perl, python, Math Kernel Library (MKL) v. Batch job scheduler available for this platform vi. Proven compatibility with large (up to 1024 CPU) finite element analysis code vii. Encryption packages appropriate for SSL and OpenSSH for use within the USA e. Service and Support i. One year on-site support, maintenance, upgrade on OS patches, OS new releases, and PROM and firmware updates, security patches. Additional 2 years of this support will be required but funded in the years required. ii. Next day parts replacement on all hardware components 2. NAICS Code: 541512 3. A Request for Quotation, FA7000-06-T-0085 will be available on or about 07 September 2006 and can only be downloaded from FedBizOpps. NO HARD COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE PROVIDED. This acquisition will be accomplished utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 & 13. All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the Agency and shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. See Internet site: https://ccr.dlsc.dla.mil. Quotes are to be received at the Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315, 12:00 P.M. on or about 13 September 2006, Mountain Standard Time. 4. Please refer any questions to Sandra Lynch-Maldonado, Contract Specialist at sandra.lynch-maldonado@usafa.af.mil.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 8110 Industrial Drive Ste 200, USAFA, CO
- Zip Code: 80840
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 80840
- Record
- SN01136533-W 20060909/060907221122 (fbodaily.com)
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