Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, 10 ABW/LGC, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO, 80840-2315

70 -- PARALLEL PROCESSING COMPUTER FOR AERONAUTICS LABORATORY SOL F05611-99T1799 DUE 090199 POC Mike Slocum, Contract Specialist, Phone (719)333-6572, Fax (719)333-4404, Email michael.slocumm@usafa.af.mil -- Bruce Taylor, Contracting Officer, Phone (719) 333-2869, Fax (719)333-4747, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F05611-99T179 9&LocID=479. E-MAIL: Mike Slocum, michael.slocumm@usafa.af.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 and FAR 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written statement will not be issued. This solicitation, F05611-99T1799, is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-13. The Standard Industrial Classification Number is 3571. Requestors must state their business size on each request. Vendor must be actively registered with Central Contractor Registry. Include DUNS number with your response to solicitation. Description: The US Air Force Academy's Aeronautics Laboratory requires the computational capability to simulate full scale aircraft very accurately. The Aeronautics Laboratory also requires the computational capability of investigating the viability of simulating full aircraft on personal computer clusters. The objective of this effort is to purchase a parallel computer capable of running the Fortran 90, Fortran 77, High Performance Fortran, C, and C++ simulation software necessary to perform these computations on a large processor array with distributed memory. Requirements: The computer shall be a turn-key system, with no assembly, operating system development or programming required on the part of the user. The computer system shall include 30 Pentium III processors each operating at a clock speed 500 MHz or higher, with 7.5 Gb or more of random access memory (RAM) distributed evenly with the processors and 100 Gb or more of hard drive space. The system shall include all network interface cards, wiring and switches at 100 Base TX or more, and other hardware necessary to operate as a system. All processors shall operate together as a distributed processor array, operating under the central control of the primary operating system. The system and all its components shall be standard 19 inch rack mounted with master power in no more than two cabinets, with a single power on switch for each cabinet. The system shall include a preinstalled operating system configured to allow the 30 or more processors to function as a single distributed-memory computing platform. In addition, the system shall include Fortran 90, Fortran 77, High Performance Fortran, C and C++ compilers including the Message Passing Interface (MPI) Library compatible with the above-mentioned operating system, and capable of parsing out software tasks under user command in the above compilers. All software included with the system shall be totally configured and installed so that computational fluid dynamics codes written to the Fortran 90, Fortran 77, High Performance Fortran, C and C++ ANSI standards and the MPI version 1.2 standard will run without modification after compilation. The computer system shall include software installed and configured to administer the system as a whole. The contractor shall repair or replace all hardware failures of central processors and memory for the life of the system, and all other hardware in accordance with original manufacturer's warranties. The contractor shall provide unlimited free technical support for any software anomalies for the first 60 days. The system shall be delivered within the first 30 days after receipt of order. This is approved as a sole source acquisition action as authorized by FAR 6.302. However all interested parties may identify their product by submitting pricing data, an accurate description of the equipment offered and make and model numbers of the equipment. Only responses containing this data will be conducted for the purpose of determining whether to conduct an or equal competitive procurement. If no favorable responses are received by close of business 15 days from the date this notice appears in the CBD; negotiations will be conducted with the lowest priced source of the Brand name required. Offers are to be received atthe Operational Contracting office, 10 ABW/LGCV, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315, no later than 3:00PM MDT on 1 September 1999. Posted 08/17/99 (D-SN369159). (0229)

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