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70 -- 24-PROCESSOR TURN-KEY BEOWULF SOL 00056EG1 DUE 040300 POC Mary F. Thomas, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-8828, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email mary.f.thomas1@jsc.nasa.gov -- Linda F. Riviera, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-0136, Fax (281) 483-2138, Email linda.f.riviera1@jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73#00056EG1. E-MAIL: Mary F. Thomas, mary.f.thomas1@jsc.nasa.gov. This notice 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. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). This procurement will be awarded on a "Best Value" basis. Best value will be determined based on the offeror's technical capabilities (20%), past performance (30%) and the lowest technical acceptable cost (50%).Technical capabilities will be judged on the offeror's knowledge of Beowulf systems, including hardware compatibility issues and LINUX, LAM-MPI and compiler software configuration. Demonstration of desired performance metrics and ability to provide technical support for any hardware or software issues after the initial sale will also be taken into consideration. Past performance will be derived from the offeror's overall installed base of Beowulf type systems and will take into account solicited evaluations of the offeror from such sites. Cost will be evaluated based not only on delivered price, but will also take into account the quality of the components used in the system's construction and the overall warranty and level of technical support provided with the system. Minimum system requirements are as follow: HARDWARE: Twelve Node system using ATX cases (no larger than mid-tower). twelve Dual processor 100 MHz boards (4 DIMM slots, 1GB capacity) using the Intel 440BX chipset. twenty-four 650 MHz Pentium III Processors (each with 256K Advanced Transfer Cache) with 3.072 GB of memory (256 MB PC100 SDRAM x 12 nodes, 128 MB DIMM minimum); and 128.4 GB of disk (36 GB Ultra 2 SCSI 10000 rpm on head node, 8.4 GB IDE on 11 nodes). twelve 8 MB AGP video cards (one for each node). twelve 3.5" floppy (one for each node). twelve CDROM (one for each node, 32X minimum). twelve Gigabit network cards (one for each node). one 10/100 network card (for master node only). one 17" SVGA monitor (0.27 mm dot pitch). one 104 Keyboard. one 3 button mouse. one Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) switch and cables for interface to all 12 nodes. one 12 port Gigabit Network Switch (with 12x1GB backplane capacity) and cabling for 12 nodes. one Wire shelving unit to support 12 node cluster. two 10 outlet power strips with surge protection (UL listed). SPARES: two 230 Watt Power supplies and two 8.4 GB EIDE disk drives. SOFTWARE: RedHat Linux 6.1 installed and configured for Beowulf cluster; Portland Group C, C++, Fortran 77 and 90 compilers (single user license; and Installation of LAM-MPI Version 6.3. WARRANTY: One year parts and labor, 3 years parts, and 5 year phone support. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS: (1) The system shall be delivered as a turnkey Beowulf computing cluster. (2) Acceptance testing shall require successful execution of the NASA NAS Parallel Benchmark suite (NPB 2) using the full capabilities of the cluster (see http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Software/NPB/ ). (3) Network bandwidth must sustain a minimum of 40 MB/s point to point transfer rate using LAM-MPI code for message sizes ranging from 1 MB to 64 MB in size between two distinct nodes. Additionally, network latency for point to point communication shall be no worse than 0.001 seconds for any size message. (4) Consideration shall be given to the TCP performance fixes for short messages as discussed by the ICASE group at NASA-Langley (please refer to documentation provided at: http://www.icase.edu/CoralProject.html, if appropriate. (5) Consideration shall also be given to the NIC driver fix for deadlocks as discussed by the ICASE group at NASA-Langley (please refer to documentation provided at: http://www.icase.edu/~josip/HPCS/, if appropriate. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 97-15. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 5045 and 100 employees, respectively. The offeror shall state in their quotation their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to Johnson Space Center is required within 20 days ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Quotations for the items(s) described above are due by April 3, 2000, Central Time, at 4:30 p.m. and may be mailed or faxed to Mary Thomas, Mail Code BJ2, NASA/Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Rd 1, Bldg 12, Rm 140, Houston, TX 77058. FAX Number: (281) 483-2138. Quotations must include solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Quoters are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Forms/Index.html to submit a quotation. Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1. If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin. The Representations and Certifications required by FAR 52.2l2-3 may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/sats/ FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.222-3, 52.233-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52,222-37, 52.225-3, and 52.232.33. The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ The NFS may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than March 24, 2000. Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government, withconsideration given to the factors of proposed technical merits, price and past performance; other critical requirements (i.e., delivery) if so stated in the RFQ will also be considered. Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation, for selection purposes, technical, price and past performance are essentially equal in importance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer (see FAR 52.212-1(b). Quoters must provide copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their quote. See above for where to obtain copies of the form via the Internet. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". Prospective quoters shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quotation. It is the quoter's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of amendments (if any): http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=73 Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). See Note(s) B. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 03/16/00 (D-SN435316). (0076)

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