USACERL, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9005

D -- PROVIDE A HOST COMPUTER PLATFORM TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE (DENIX). SOL DACA88-96-R-0005 DUE 020196 POC Ms. Karen Kline, Contract Specialist, (217)352-6511, Ext. 7493; or Ms. Deloras Adamson, Contracting Officer, (217)373-7297. The US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) requires services to provide use of a host computer platform, the administration of the host platform, and the auditing of platform usage to support the operational and research and development requirements of the Defense Environmental Network and Information eXchange System. System Configuration: The Contractor shall provide use of a Sequent Symmetry S-81 computer system or compatible platform capable of handling 128 simultaneous users running the DYNIX/Ptx(R) V4.0.0 (POSIX compliant) Unix operating system.(a) A minimum of eighteen (18) gigabytes of on-line disk storage shall be available for government use, (b) A minimum of eight (8) 486 50MHZ CPUs, or equivalent processing power, shall be available for use, A minimum of two hundred and eight (208) megabytes of main memory, (d) Electronic link to access one (1) high-speed, large volume printer, (e) Periodic (daily incremental, weekly and monthly full) disk copy to back up storage (System Disk Backup), (f) A tape unit with one (1) tape drive (capable of handling 6250 bpi tapes) and one (1) tape drive capable of handling QIC24 cartridges, (g) Capability to support up to twenty-five (25) WATS ports cycled from one (1) 800 number to the Sequent Symmetry computer or compatible platform supported by a minimum baud rate of 14,400 baud high speed modems,(h) Capability to support up to thirty-nine (39) local dial-in ports cycled from one (1) commercial dial-in number to the Sequent Symmetry computer or compatible platform supported by a minimum baud rate of 14,400 baud high speed modems, (I) communication interfaces to the DDN/INTERNET and USENET, (j) dedicated T1 communication line (and supporting hardware to interface to the CERL local network) connecting USACERL to the host platform, (k) Provide access to, and support for, the following capabilities: (1) GOPHER,(2) ARCHIE,(3) World Wide Web (WWW) Server,(4) World Wide Web (WWW) Mosaic Client, (5) NETNEWS, (6) the X Window Sstem (X11R5), (7) OSF Motif, (8) TELNET, (9) FTP, (10) RLOGIN, (11) TALK, (12) the ELM mail system, and (13) individual user access to and use of file ACL. Hardware requirements: (a) support true multiprocessing capable of utilizing from two (2) to thirty (30) Intel 80486 CPU's (32-bit registers and 32-bit data paths) or equivalent processing capabilities, (b) share a single pool of memory (globally shared memory) which is expandable from 8 Mb to 240 Mb, able to use multiple instruction streams while accessing shared data structures in memory, (d) execute both User Code and Kernel Code, (e) Each CPU, all memory modules, and all I/O controllers shall use a single, high-speed, 64-bit bus. The bus shall be capable of supporting pipelines I/O and memory operations, variable-size data packets, and a channel bandwidth of 8 Mbs per second, (f) support ''dynamic load balancing.'' That is, the CPUs shall be able to automatically schedule themselves to ensure that ALL CPUs are kept busy as long as there are executable processes running, (g) Programs written on a single processor system shall be able to run on the multiple processor Sequent Symmetry or compatible platform without modification for multiprocessing support. CPUs shall be able to be added or removed from the system configuration without requiring the modification of the operating system or of user applications, (h) support disk storage and access on the system's native bus via independent channel simultaneously at 3 Mbs per second, (I) have a Multibus adapter which would allow Multibus interfaces to be integrated into the system. Software Requirements: (a) Operating system shall be a POSIX compliant, Unix operating system, (b) C, C++, Fortran, and ADA compilers shall be provided on the operating system. The C compiler shall support ANSI and pre-ANSI C interpretations, In this parallel programming environment, a parallel programming library of routines designed for use with C, C++, Fortran, and Ada shall be provided to simplify the use of shared memory and the mutual exclusion mechanism. The parallel programming library shall support the most commonly used parallel programming mechanisms, including spinlocks, barriers, and fork/join operations, (d) A debugger shall be provided which can monitor any or all processes in a parallel or client-server application that supports all required programming languages, (e) System shall immediately supprt TCP/IP communications protocols which are fully implemented on an ethernet (f) System shall be able to provide C2 (Orange Book)Security, (g) Provide capability and support for ACL on any file or files. Performance Requirements: (a) The Sequent Symmetry computer or compatible platform shall be configured such that a maximum load of 128 interactive users receive a response from the system within 1.5 seconds. (b) If the computing platform used to fulfill terms of this contract is to be used by users other than USACERL, those users and applications will not interfere in any way with USACERL applications, files, accounts, security, communication devices, or system response time. The host platform shall be accessible (fully on-line) to USACERL and its customer base on a twenty-four (24) hour-a-day basis, except for one (1) weekend day each month set aside for monthly disk backup, and two (2) hours early morning (6-8AM CST) each month for preventive maintenance. The contract shall require initial development services to begin on 1 Mar 96. The goal is to provide a hardware and software platform to be used by the USACERL development and management staff to port all existing applications to the host platform. All other requirements of the contract shall be required on 1 May 96. Services to be provided will be accomplished through a fixed-price requirements contract with a maximum ceiling over the life of the contract of $1.6 million. The contract will include a basic and two option years. Request for Proposal (RFP) No. DACA88-96-R-0005 will be issued on or about 2 Jan 96 with a closing date on or about 1 Feb 96. Requests for this solicitation shall be made in writing and addressed to USACERL, Attn: Contracts Office, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9005. There will be no telephone requests accepted. Requests for solicitation package may be submitted via facsimile at (217)373-6773. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Government. (0347)

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