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70 -- BRAND NAME OR EQUAL -- ACS/08-P400 -- 8 NODE ALTA CLUSTER WITH SINGLE PENTIUM II 400 MHZ PROCESSORS AND 128 MB SDRAM SOL 53SBNB860107 DUE 072398 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6364, Anita K. Tolliver, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6308 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. SOLICITATION NUMBER 53SBNB860107 IS BEING ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. This acquisition is set aside 100% for small business. The SIC code is 5045 and the related small business size standard is 100 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Information Technology Laboratory has a requirement for an AltaCluster, Alta Technology Part No. ACS/08-P400 or equal. The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), quantity, and unit issue are as follows: CLIN 0001, AltaCluster ACS/08-P400, or equal (as described in the technical specifications below), one (1) each. Technical specifications: The system shall consist of a cluster of eight (8) 400MHz PentiumII computers which shall integrate with currently existing equipment. This cluster shall use a Fast Ethernet network and shall run under the Linux operating system. By "cluster" it is meant that the eight (8) computers (nodes) shall be designed and operated as a single resource. In particular, all 8 motherboards shall be housed in a single cabinet, under the direction of a single (possibly remote) computer. The system shall have the PVM and MPI software preinstalled, as well as the Linux operating system (Red Hat Linux 5.1). The system shall be a turnkey system which includes an 8=port Fast ethernet repeater, an integrated software monitoring and diagnostic system (which shall allow remote monitoring and control of nodes) together with an integrated keyboard/mouse/video switch which allows one to instantaneously connect to any computer in the cluster. Compatibility between the Fast ethernet cards, repeater, remote monitoring software, video display, and the components of each individual node, is essential. MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE OVERALL CLUSTER SHALL CONSIST OF: 1) Red-Hat 5.1 Linux Operating System (Extreme-Linux CD) installed on each node; 2) integrated system monitoring software that allows control of each monitor, keyboard, and mouse for each node from a single computer; 3) PVM and MPI message passing software; 4) single home directory cross-mounted shared among eight nodes; 5) all components integrated into a single chassis (not bigger than conventional computer rack); 6) dedicated 8-port Fast Ethernet network switch or repeater with uplink port. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR COMPONENTS OF EACH COMPUTING NODE: 1) 400 MHz Pentium II ASUS ATX motherboard; 2) 128 MB RAM; 3) 3 1/2" floppy drive; 4) 6.4 GB UltraDMA hard drive; 5) individual power supply; and 6) Fast Ethernet Network Interface Card. This requirement is for brand name or equal, if submitting an equal product, please include with your quotation, detailed specifications of what is being proposed. The vendor shall deliver all line items FOB Destination to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Required delivery time is 6 weeks from date of award. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following non-cost factor shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Technical (capability of the item offered to meet the agency need). The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (6) 52.222-26, (7) 52.222-35, (8) 52.222-36, (9) 52.222-37, (10) 52.225-3, (15) 52.225-21/Alternate I, and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. All offerors shall submit the following: 1) Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses CLIN 0001; 2) Technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; 4) Two (2) copies of the most recently published price list(s); 5) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. All offers should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Attn: Teresa A. Reefe, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 23, 1998. Faxed offers will not be accepted. See numbered note 1. Posted 07/13/98 (W-SN222062). (0194)

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