Department of the Navy, Naval Information Systems Management Center (Code 02), Bldg. 176, 5th Floor, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20374-5070

70 -- WORKSTATIONS, AND SERVERS FOR BENCHMARK DEVELOPMENT Due 101295. Contact Point, Contracting Officer, Mr. David Berry, 202/433-3181. The government is developing the specifications and the benchmark tests for the fifth generation of the Navy's Tactical Advanced Computer (TAC) Program. The TAC Project Office requires the capability to accurately quantify the performance requirements of its users community. Currently the methodology to quantify performance lies in a combination of generic commercial benchmarks and benchmarks based on Navy applications utilized in TAC-4, which may not have a direct relationship to the performance factors required for TAC-5. Therefore, the TAC Project Office will sponsor research that will determine the performance requirements of its TAC-5 user base and create a benchmark suite, releasable to all offerors competing for the TAC-5 contract. It is our intent that the benchmark tests that we develop be compatible with all hardware that might be proposed in response to the TAC-5 Request For Proposal (RFP). To ensure that compatibility, we request that potential offerors of TAC-5 provide representative hardware along with the required operating systems and any other necessary software to the Navy on a no-cost loan basis for a period of not less than 120 days. The loaned equipment will be used only in the development of the benchmark tests for TAC-5. The equipment will be installed and used in a secure computer laboratory at the Naval Command, Control & Ocean Surveillance Center, RDT&E Division (NRaD), San Diego, California. Proprietary technology in the equipment, software and/or the associated technical literature will be fully protected. Company representatives will be invited to the laboratory to install and demonstrate the equipment and software products. Installation at NRaD is desired within 30 days of this notice. The equipment desired is as follows: State-of-the-art workstations and servers with POSIX -compliant O/S; C, C++, Ada, FORTRAN and COBOL compilers; relational and/or object oriented databases; Xwindows, CASE tools, graphics languages, GUI and DOS emulation packages; HMI; 1/4'' DAT drive, 1 GBYTE or larger hard drive and CD ROM. Published results from commercial benchmarks such as AIM, SPEC, GPC, etc, on the delivered and other equipments is desired. Company technical literature or position papers on various benchmarks or benchmarking methodologies would also be appreciated. All written responses shall be received within 15 days of this notice at the Naval Information Systems Management Center, Bldg. 176-5, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20374-5070, Attn: David Berry. Responses may be sent by telefax to 202-433-6442. Telephonic responses are not acceptable. Responses to this synopsis should provide the date and duration of availability along with descriptions of all equipment and software offered for loan, including make and model numbers and configuration descriptions. Companies indicating an interest in providing this equipment will be notified of the scheduled time for installation and will be provided shipping instructions including the appropriate shipping address. (307)

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