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

70 -- BEOWULF PARALLEL PROCESSING COMPUTER UPGRADE SOL F05611-00-Q-1113 DUE 080100 POC Mike Slocum, Contract Specialist, Phone (719)333-6081, Fax (719)333-4404, Email michael.slocum@usafa.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=F05611-00-Q-1113&LocID=479. E-MAIL: Mike Slocum, michael.slocum@usafa.af.mil. 10th Air Base Wing, Operational Contracting Office, US Air Force Academy, Colorado is issuing a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared 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 request and a written statement will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation, F05611-00-T-1113, is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-18. (iv) The proposed solicitation listed here is set aside 100 percent for small business. The Standard Industrial Classification number is 3571 and the business size standard is 1000 employees. REQUESTERS MUST STATE THEIR BUSINESS SIZE ON EACH REQUEST. Women and small disadvantaged business are encouraged to submit quotes. (v) CLIN 0001 _ Qty 1 each system. Unit Price: $_________and Total Amount: $___________. OBJECTIVE: The U.S. Air Force Academy_s Aeronautics Laboratory requires the computational capability to simulate full scale aircraft very accurately and to provide companion simulations for on-going experimental research conducted in the USAF Academy Aeronautics Laboratory. The objective of this effort is to upgrade the current 32 processor Beowulf parallel system with an additional 16 processors to a total of 48, allowing larger simulations to be run. The complete system after upgrade shall be capable of running the Fortran 90, Fortran 77, High Performance Fortran, C, and C++ simulation software necessary to perform these computations on all 48 processors with distributed memory. TECHNICAL 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 16 Pentium III processors each operating at a clock speed of 500 MHz or higher, with 4 Gigabytes (Gb) or more of random access memory (RAM) distributed evenly with the processors, and 50 Gb or more of hard drive space. The system shall include all network interface cards, wiring and switches at 100 Base TX or more between the new processors. The upgrade shall include all hardware and software necessary to connect the new processors with existing processors at a communication speed at least equivalent to a 1000 Base-SX switch. All processors (both new processors and old processors) shall operate together as a distributed processor array, operating under the central control of the primary Red Hat Linux 6.0 operating system. The system and all its components shall be standard 19-inch rack mounted with master power in a single cabinet, with a single power-on switch. The system shall include pre-installed Red Hat Linux 6.0 operating system software configured to allow the 16 new processors to integrate into the existing 32 processor system to form a single distributed-memory computing platform. 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. (vii) Delivery Requirement: The system shall be delivered within the first 30 days after contract award. FOB for this RFQ is Destination. Delivery of items shall be accomplished between 7:30AM and 3:30 PM MDT, Monday through Friday. No deliveries to be made on Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal Holidays. All quoters will be required to provide catalogs, descriptive literature, and any other documentation to help the Technical personnel during their evaluation. (viii) Quoters must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial. There are no addenda attached to this provision. (ix) The following additional FAR provisions and clauses apply: 52.212-2, Evaluation _Commercial Item, the Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. Contracting Officer_s may evaluate quotations or offers based on price alone or price and other factors. Evaluation of other factors does not require the creation or existence of a formal data base, but may be based on such information as the Contracting Officer_s knowledge, previous experience or customer survey_s. (x) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, a completed copy of this provision shall be submitted with the quote. (xi) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items. There are no addenda attached to this provision. (xii) 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, to include clauses (b) (12)(13)(14)(15)(22). DFARS 252.212-700(b), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items: 252.225-7000, Buy American Act-Balance of Payments Program Certificate (Dec 1991); 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program (Mar 1998); and 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration. Also the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil FAR Clause 52.214-13 is incorporated by reference. (xvi) Quotes are to be received at the Operational Contracting office, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315, no later than 3:00PM, mountain daylight time on 1 August 2000. (xvii) Contact Michael Slocum, Contract Specialist, at 719.333.6081 Posted 07/24/00 (D-SN478226). (0206)

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