The Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) awarded a $354,433.41 firm fixed-price purchase order to CDW Government LLC on May 6, 2025, for the procurement of a GPU Cluster System. The contract will be performed at NAWC's Ridgecrest, California facility with an ultimate completion date of June 17, 2025. This award fulfills the agency's pre-solicitation notice issued in November 2024 for a high-performance computational system designed to support advanced machine learning and research environments. The system specifications include dual Xeon-P 8468V CPUs, eight NVIDIA H100 GPUs, and comprehensive memory and storage configurations, along with one year of hardware service and support and dual 10/25 GbE networking capabilities.
CDW Government LLC, a leading IT solutions provider headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, brings substantial federal contracting experience to this engagement. The company holds significant government-wide acquisition vehicles including the SAVES COTS and Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V) contracts, which enable delivery of commercial off-the-shelf IT products and services across civilian and defense agencies. The award was made without a set-aside designation, indicating open competition among qualified vendors. This procurement aligns with NAWC's mission to develop advanced weapons systems and computational capabilities, leveraging specialized GPU infrastructure to enhance the Center's research and development capabilities in machine learning and high-performance computing applications.