SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) Technology Insertion (TI)
- Notice Date
- 3/22/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334111
— Electronic Computer Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USACE HNC, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301
- ZIP Code
- 35807-4301
- Solicitation Number
- W912DY-13-R-0007
- Response Due
- 4/22/2013
- Archive Date
- 5/21/2013
- Point of Contact
- Andrew Cameron, 256-895-1147
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE HNC, Huntsville
(andrew.e.cameron@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pre-Solicitation Synopsis Basic Ordering Agreement RFP# W912DY-13-R-0007 NAICS 334111 - Electronic Computer Manufacturing The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (CEHNC) is soliciting proposals on an unrestricted basis for Technology Insertion (TI) under solicitation W912DY-13-R-0007. In order to accomplish this mission, CEHNC proposes to award multiple Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs), in accordance with FAR 16.703, to all qualified offerors who exhibit the required technical capabilities and past performance for this requirement. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is anticipated that a RFP will be issued approximately thirty 30 days after the release of this announcement. Requirement: The HPCMP continues to enhance its ability to support DOD and the warfighter through the acquisition of balanced HPC systems for five (5) DOD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs) and multiple Dedicated HPC Project Investments (DHPIs). Under the proposed BOAs for TI, the contractors (who must be Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)) will provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to provide sustainable, state-of-the-art, HPC capability for the DOD research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) community. This capability will be introduced through a series of technology insertions (TIs) in direct support of the DOD HPCMP's mission - to accelerate the development and transition of advanced defense technologies into superior warfighting capabilities by exploiting and strengthening U.S. leadership in supercomputing, communications, and computational modeling. The offerors will deliver balanced, commercially-available, production-grade HPC systems, which contain an appropriate combination of processor, memory, disk I/O, interconnect, and operating system (OS) capabilities in order to conduct complex, tightly-coupled, large-scale, scientific calculations. Salient system attributes include: A reasonably high byte to floating point operation (FLOP) count ratio (when comparing peak CPU memory bandwidth to peak CPU floating point capability); 2GB to 3GB of memory capacity per computational core; At least 50GB/s, 50GB/s, and 75GB/s of read, write, and full duplex bandwidth, respectively, between the compute and I/O subsystems for every 1,000 computational nodes in the system; At least 20GB per core, 20GB per core, and 0.5GB per core of formatted usable disk storage for /work1, /work2, and /home (respectively); A tightly integrated interconnect with: o Each link having at least 40Gb/s of network bandwidth; o An end-to-end latency that is less than 5 s (five microseconds); A well-tuned OS with low jitter Evaluation Criteria Overview: Each offeror will be evaluated for technical capability and past performance and will be rated as quote mark Acceptable quote mark or quote mark Unacceptable quote mark. BOAs will be established with offerors who receive an quote mark Acceptable quote mark rating in the following evaluation categories: 1.Technical a.American Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) status b.Technical capability c.Administration and maintenance 2.Past performance a.Recent and relevant past performance b.Past performance questionnaires and interviews It is estimated the program requirements for this action will total $330M over a five (5) year period. The BOAs will be reviewed annually. In addition, an annual pre-solicitation notice will be issued to provide the projected requirements for the upcoming year. At that time, new firms may submit proposals to join the BOA pool. Once BOAs are established, it is the Government's intent to solicit only those firms holding a BOA for this requirement; however, this does not preclude other firms from submitting proposals. Each Order RFP will be posted on the FedBizOpps through the Army's Single Face to Industry (AFSI) portal for public awareness. All orders will be solicited on a Firm Fixed Price basis. All proposals received will be evaluated in accordance with established criteria unique to each order requirement. The BOA itself is not a contract. The orders against the BOA will become binding contracts upon award. The Government reserves the right to reject any and all offers. Offeror's are reminded that while the Government may elect to consider past performance data obtained from other sources, the burden of proof of applicability rests with the offeror. This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 15 April 2013 Note: Response Date referenced under General Information does not refer to the proposal due date. The estimated BOA Proposal Due Date is 15 May 2013, and the official due date will be stated in the solicitation. Contracting Office Address: USACE HNC, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301 Place of Performance: Various DOD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs) and Dedicated HPC Project Investments (DHPIs) Point of Contact(s): Andrew Cameron, Contract Specialist: andrew.e.cameron@usace.army.mil Mark Dillinger, Contracting Officer: mark.w.dillinger@usace.army.mil
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA87/W912DY-13-R-0007/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE HNC, Huntsville P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville AL
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Record
- SN03018836-W 20130324/130322234521-14f6ae2dedafe9c65969d3c8bad0cca5 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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