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70 -- INTEL PENTIUM PROCESS BASED COMPUTER SOL N00178-98-R-3056 POC Alice Pladson, Contract Specialist (540) 653-7765; Maryann F. Piersall, Contracting Officer WEB: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, apladso@nswc.navy.mil. This is an amendment to the Commerce Business Daily announcement Submission No. 211385 dated June 15, 1998. The synopsis/solicitation is reissued and the date and time set for receipt of offers is corrected to read 072998 at 2:00 PM local time/EST, to Pilkerton/Getty, Code SD13-20/21. 1. The following changes are hereby made to the solicitation/synopsis: PLEASE PROVIDE THE MANUFACTURER AND MODEL NUMBER FOR ALL COMPONENTS. Also provide manufacture specifications via hardcopy or URL reference for use as verification of component characteristics versus solicitation requirements. ADD the word "WORKSTATION" to: Microsoft WIN NT Workstation V4.0 SP3 at later operating system. Under DESCRIPTION: SSD or SSC (1) subsystem must conform to the following: 1. Host Bus Adapter (HBA): 30 MB/s sustained minimum throughput, verified by criteria commercial benchmarks (PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING) Valid benchmark results must be within the PCI 132MB/s limitation. Under DESCRIPTION: paragraph 2, PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING: i) The SSD or SSC device must use Ultra Wide (UW) SCSI [i.e., 40MB/s] interface (if the SSS were an external subsystem, the HBA to the external chassis does not need to be UW SCSI, but the chassis to SSD or SSC must be UW SCSI). Under Benchmarking Procedures, paragraph 6) PLEASE CHANGE A) TO a) SSDspeed.Exe. 2. The following are EXAMPLES ONLY: Under "The SSD or SSC subsystem should be optimized by the following criteria: PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING: 6) Examples of solid state subsystem configuration, but not limited by these possibilities, nor stating that these are fully validated: Example A) Definition: UW SCSI controller connected to internal SSD. Throughput: a) 31MB/s sustained throughput. b) 29MB/s. Footprint: internal. Capacity: 1.5GB. Administration: Automatic configuration at boot. Flexibility: a) vendor providing external cases and external cables for the SSDs, connect one port from each of two hosts to the SSD (the SSD is dual SCSI ported, the SSD is partitioned and capable of handling two independent hosts). b) Nothing defined. c) Two SSDs hang on one hosts' SCSI bus Example B) Definition: RAID controller with 2 of 3 channels connected to partitioned SSD having 2 SCSI ports. Throughput: a) 55MB/s. b) 37MB/s. Footprint: 9"x9"x9". Capacity: 4.5GB (2 partitions * 2GB = 4.0GB, 0.5GB unusable). Administration: Manual Fdisk command after boot. Flexibility: a) channel A from each of two hosts are connected to partitioned SSD (the RAID controller ports are capable of being used independently (i.e., JBOD)). b) 3 of 4 SCSI ports on two SSDs hang on one hosts' SCSI bus (the RAID controller stripes across all 3 channels). c) 3 of 4 SCSI ports on two SSDs hang on one hosts' SCSI bus (the 3 SSD partitions are setup in 2 logical sets) Example C) Definition: 3 channel RAID controller connected to 2GB SSC connected to RAID enclosure with removable HDDs with 2GB of storage. Throughput: a) 82MB/s. b) 31MB/s. Footprint: 8"x10"x10". Capacity: 2GB. Administration: No configuration need. Flexibility: a) one port from each of two hosts are connected to SSC (the RAID controller can do JBOD, the SSC has SCSI ports which can handle two independent write streams, and the SSC can split its memory between the two ports). b) Memory boards of second SSC are added into first SSC enclosure, connect as in original SS subsystem with the exception that both HDD sets are connected to the SSC enclosure (SSC has 2 SCSI ports that can be used independently each accessing 2GB, and each half of the SSC is connected to its own 2GB of HDDs). c) Two 3 channel RAID controllers are placed in one host, each RAID controller is connected to a SSC with the associated HDD set connected to the SSC enclosure (two RAID adapters can be configured within one host) Example D) Definition: Fiber Channel (FC) HBA to RAID enclosure with a RAID FC to UW SCSI controller to 3 0.4GB SSDs which are in removable drawers. Throughput: a) 85MB/s. b) 47MB/s. Footprint: 20"x7"x20". Capacity: 1.2GB. Administration: No configuration needed because SSDs have internal backup format disks and are in removable drawers, with each drawer being 5.25" half-height form factor drive bay size. Flexibility: a) nothing defined. b) SSD drawers from second SS subsystem can be inserted in first SS subsystems' RAID enclosure. c) Two FC HBAs are placed in one host; each connected to its own RAID enclosure. Under Benchmarking Procedures, ADD: Benchmark platform must include CLIN 0002, but does not have to contain CLIN 0001 solicited computer. 3. PLEASE CALL ALICE PLADSON FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING BENCHMARKING AT (540) 653-7765 OR VIA EMAIL: apladso@nswc.navy.mil Synopsis/Solicitation N00178-98-R-3056 is restated as shown below: The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is implementing Electronic commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitations with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/ under Procurement Division or at http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil/supply. After 1 October 1997, solicitations and amendments will only be available at the above Web sites. Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web site to ensure that they have downloaded all amendments. This is an amendment reissuing the combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 (STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Request for Proposal (RFP) Number is N00178-98-R-3056. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-12. This is full and open competition, SIC 3571. This requirement is a Firm-Fixed Price contract for the acquisition of one workstation with three solid state disks and/or caches in accordance with the following specifications. PROVIDE THE MANUFACTURER AND MODEL NUMBER FOR ALL COMPONENTS. ALSO PROVIDE MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS VIA 'HARDCOPY' OR 'URL REFERENCE' (for use as verification of component characteristics vs. solicitation requirements). The contractor shall provide: CLIN 0001 One Intel Pentium processor based computer to include: Dual slot 1 ATX or extended ATX mother-board with 6 bus master PCI slots, and Intel 440BX AGP set; Two (2) Intel Pentium II 400 MHz CPU with 512 KB L2 cache; Three (3) 128 Megabytes (MB) of unbuffered ECC SPD SDRAM, Intel PC 100 compliant, Column Address Strobe (CAS) 2, Tclk rating 8ns (Note: NOT to be confused with Tac), matching metal type of motherboard DIMM socket with SDRAM DIMM; Storage Devices -- 3.5", 1.44MB internal floppy drive, 4 Gigabyte (GB) internal IDE hard disk drive (HDD), internal CD-ROM drive (30x or greater, ATA4 compliant), JAZ 1GB internal drive, with appropriate cabling to connect internal devices; Graphics Adapter -- AGP 2X accelerator board, Intel 740 graphics, 8MB memory; One Monitor -- with 21 inch color graphics, 20.0" or larger diagonal viewable area, VGA through 1600x1200 resolutions, 85Hz refresh rate or higher, .25mm maximum dot pitch, non-interlaced, shadow mask, non-glare screen, Plug and Play compatible, with appropriate cables; Adapters -- If a port for any of the internal storage devices is not available on the motherboard then an adapter card compatible with the internal storage device is included; Case -- All steel tower case, with 2 intake variable speed temperature sensing cooling fans, 2 exhaust variable speed temperature sensing cooling fans, 400 Watt ATX power supply, with at least two 5.25" half-height empty externally accessible bays; 104 Key Keyboard with appropriate cable; Kensington Expert Mouse v5.0 (trackball); Microsoft WIN NT Workstation V4.0 SP3 at later operating system; 90 day minimum parts and labor warranty (off-site repair); Manuals and/or documentation. CLIN 0002 Three Solid State Disk (SSD) or Solid State Cache (SSC) subsystems to include a one-year minimum parts and labor warranty (off-site repair only); Manuals and/or documentation. DESCRIPTION: SSD OR SSC (1) subsystem must conform to the following: 1. Host Bus Adapter (HBA): 30MB/s sustained minimum throughput, verified by criteria commercial benchmarks, (valid benchmark results must be within the PCI 132MB/s limitation). 2. Solid State (SS) component must have: a) Seek time equal to 0.00 milliseconds, b) Rotational latency equal to 0.00 milliseconds, c) Data stored reliably, MTBF>= 500,000 hours, d) Data stored accurately, has error checking, e) Access time (not including controller access time) less than 60 microseconds, f) Sequential write capacity not less than 1.0 GBs across the subsystem, g) Any SS storage devices' file system does not exceed the MS DOS 2 GB format limitation, h) Does not retain data after power down, unless the SS component is a removable device and less than or equal to the 5.25" 1.5-height form factor drive bay size, i) the SSD or SSC device must use Ultra Wide (UW) SCSI [i.e., 40MB/s] interface (if the SSS were an external subsystem the HBA to the external chassis does not need to be UW SCSI, but the chassis to SSD or SSC must be UW SCSI. 3. If external subsystem, must have 120 volt enclosure. 4. If internal subsystem, conforms to 5.25 or 3.5 inch form factors and does not exceed the full-height form factor. 5. Works with MS operating systems (O/S) and UNIX based O/S. 6. HBA uses a maximum of one PCI slot. 7. HBA included with SS subsystem. 8. Written data resides in file system of the SS subsystem -- -SSC subsystem must include storage device(s) (probably HDDs) which have a file system, and these storage device(s) must be removable with size less than or equal to the 5.25" 1.5 height form factor drive bay size and match the storage capacity of the SSC. 9. Must include one-year parts and labor warranty minimum (off-site repair). The SSD or SSC subsystem should be optimized by the following criteria: 1) Maximize MB/s sustained throughput a. assumes sequentially writing to one open file. b. Verified by your running and submitting results of benchmark programs on your proposed SS subsystem. 2) Minimize footprint of SS subsystem (footprint constraints from existing equipment cart). 3) Maximize solid state storage capacity (definition Gigabyte = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes). 4) Minimize administrative intervention required for each power-up of the subsystem (does not include initial connection and setup with host computer.) 5) Flexibility of SS component reconfiguration. 6) Examples of solid state subsystem configuration, but not limited by these possibilities, nor stating that these are fully validated: Example A) Definition: UW SCSI controller connected to internal SSD. Throughput: (a) 31MB/s sustained throughput (b) 29MB/s. Footprint: internal. Capacity: 1.5GB. Administration: Automatic configuration at boot. Flexibility: a) vendor providing externalcases and external cables for the SSDs, connect one port from each of two hosts to the SSD (the SSD is dual SCSI ported, the SSD is partitioned and capable of handling two independent hosts). b) nothing defined. c) Two SSDs hang on one hosts' SCSI bus. Example B) Definition: RAID controller with 2 of 3 channels connected to partitioned SSD having 2 SCSI ports. Throughput: a) 55MB/s. b) 37MB/s. Footprint:9"x9"x9". Capacity: 4.5GB (2 partitions * 2GB = 4.0GB, 0.5GB unusable) Administration: Manual Fdisk command after boot. Flexibility: a) channel A from each of two hosts are connected to partitioned SSD (the RAID controller ports are capable of being used independently (i.e., JBOD)). b) 3 of 4 SCSI ports on two SSDs hang on one hosts' SCSI bus (the RAID controller stripes across all 3 channels). c) 3 of 4 SCSI ports on two SSDs hang on one hosts' SCSI bus (the 3 SSD partitions are setup in 2 logical sets). Example C) Definition: 3 channel RAID controller connected to 2GB SSC connected to RAID enclosure with removable HDDs with 2GB of storage. Throughput: a) 82MB/s. b) 31MB/s. Footprint: 8"x10"x10". Capacity: 2GB. Administration: No configuration need. Flexibility: a) one port from each of two hosts are connected to SSC (the RAID controller can do JBOD, the SSC has SCSI ports which can handle two independent write streams, and the SSC can split its memory between the two ports). b) memory boards of second SSC are added into first SSC enclosure, connect as in original SS subsystem with the exception that both HDD sets are connected to the SSC enclosure (SSC has 2 SCSI ports that can be used independently each accessing 2GB, and each half of the SSC is connected to its own 2GB of HDDs). c) Two 3 channel RAID controllers are placed in one host, each RAID controller is connected to a SSC with the associated HDD set connected to the SSC enclosure (two RAID adapters can be configured within one host). Example D) Definition: Fiber Channel (FC) HBA to RAID enclosure with a RAID FC to UW SCSI controller to 3 0.4GB SSDs which are in removable drawers. Throughput: a) 85MB/s. b) 47MB/s. Footprint: 20"x7"x20". Capacity: 1.2GB. Administration: No configuration needed because SSDs have internal backup format disks and are in removable drawers, with each drawer being 5.25" half-height form factor drive bay size. Flexibility: a) nothing defined. b) SSD drawers from second SS subsystem can be inserted in first SS subsystems' RAID enclosure. c) Two FC HBAs are placed in one host, each connected to its own RAID enclosure BEST VALUE EVALUATION CRITERIA: 1.0 This requirement will be evaluated on a Best Value basis. 2.0 Minimum Requirements Methodology Each offeror will be evaluated to determine if their proposal meets the minimum requirements as stated in the Description section above and the attached benchmarks. 3.0 Added Value Methodology There are five elements which have added value to the Government. Each of the added value elements is essentially equal in importance. Each element is broken into factors and/or subfactors, which have a descending order of value to the Government. Offerors may be awarded extra value for any and/or all of the factors and/or subfactors. Element 1) Maximize Megabyte/second sustained throughput: Factor 1: Commercial Benchmark: Subfactor 1: 80+ Megabyte per second (MB/s); Subfactor 2: 50 to 79 MB/s; or Subfactor 3: 30 to 49 MB/s. Factor 2: SSDSPEED.EXE Benchmark (Attachment 1) Subfactor 1: 40+ MB/s; Subfactor 2: 39 to 35 MB/s; Subfactor 3: 34 to 30 MB/s; Subfactor 4: 29 to 25 MB/s; Subfactor 5: 24 to 15 MB/s. Element 2) Minimize footprints of SS subsystem: (dimensions in Width by Depth by Height [WxDxH]) Factor 1: Internal Subsystem; Factor 2: WxDxH less than 8.5"x19.5"x10.5"; Factor 3: WxDxH less than 18.5"x19.5"x11"; Factor 4: WxDxH all others which are larger. Element 3) Maximize Solid State Storage Capacity -- Exceeds the minimum 1.0 GB. Element 4) Minimize Administrative Intervention Required for Each Power-Up of the Subsystem: Factor 1: Configuration and/or formatting necessary can be handled automatically by setup file or boot process or the like, without operator intervention. Factor 2: One operation/program/function required to prepare the SS subsystem after power-up. Factor 3: All other procedures. Element 5) Flexibility of SS Component Reconfiguration: Factor 1: One SS subsystem could be connected to multiple host computers; Factor 2: Two SS subsystems could be combined and connected to one host computer to increase the single sequential write file storage capacity (one file system). Factor 3: Two SS subsystems could be connected to one host computer as independent subsystems (i.e., separate file systems). 4.0 Past Performance Each offeror shall provide the name and points of contact of the last five sales to which they have provided the same or similar equipment. Past performance is essentially two and one half times as important as the added value elements. Each reference/point of contact will be asked to rate the quality of the product, timeliness of delivery, product support, and cost control.5.0 Price is not scored in this evaluation and is not considered the most important evaluation factor. The importance of price as an evaluation factor will increase with the degree of equality of the proposals in relation to the remaining evaluation factors. After evaluation of the technical and price proposals, cost may be the deciding factor for selection, depending on whether a highly evaluated technical proposal warrants the evaluated price difference. 6.0 Specific Evaluation Criteria: Minimum Requirements See CLIN 0001 and Description 0001 above. Added Value Items -- There are five added value elements of the description in which exceeding the minimum requirements are an added value to the Government. PLEASE CALL FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING BENCHMARKING to Alice Pladson, (540)653-7765 on email: apladso@nswc.navy.mil. BENCHMARKING PROCEDURES: 1) Does not need to be benchmarked on the RFP described computer. 2) Benchmark computer does need to be running an MS O/S. 3) Benchmark computer using 32MB of memory. 4) Provide benchmarking platform configuration: a) Make, model, description and/or part number of all hardware, especially motherboard, memory, CPU, adapters, interfaces, drives. b) Hardware driver names and version numbers and settings, especially, interface drivers. c) Name, version number and settings of all installed software and firmware, especially O/S, BIOS, and interface EPROM and the like. 5) Run and submit results from one of the following benchmark programs: a) Michael's Disk Benchmark v1.11 found at http://www.acnc.com/benchmarks.html, slide down the page to Michael's Disk Benchmark v1.11, click. b) RAIDmark v1.1 by DynaTek Automations Systems, Inc., found at http://www.acnc.com/benchmarks.html, slide down the page to RAIDmark v1.1, click. c) CliBench MK II found at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/vista/9159/index.html, click on DOWNLOADS and then click on CliBench MK II v1.0.0. 6) Run and submit results from Benchmark Program. a) SSDspeed.Exe. DELIVERY SCHEDULE: All deliveriesshall be inspected and accepted at a point of destination, and delivered FOB Destination to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100 as follows: 30 days after contract award. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items OFFEROR MUST INCLUDE A COMPLETED COPY OF THIS PROVISION WITH ITS OFFER; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Order Commercial Items. Contractor shall provide a copy of their commercial warranty. Contractor shall provide any descriptive literature, brochures, etc. with their proposal. The offer must: (1) be for the items described above; (2) be FOB Destination to this Center; (3) include the proposed delivery schedule and the discount/payment terms and warranty duration; (4) be signed by an authorized company representative, (5) include name of authorized negotiator along with telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address (if available); and, (6) include thei Posted 07/20/98 (W-SN225615). (0201)

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