This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Department of the Army Cyber Command to Essnova Solutions, Inc., an SBA-certified 8(a) and HUBZone small business. The contract, valued at $231,491.72, is for the supply and installation of power supply and cooling equipment for a data center infrastructure at Dugway, Utah.
The original solicitation requested the engineering, furnishing, installation, securing, testing, and operational activation of an emergency power-off switch, humidity monitoring and regulation controls, hot-aisle containment system, and an InfraStruXure Virtual Machine server with 3,000-node license. Additionally, the contract includes three years of maintenance and support for existing APC equipment at the site. This requirement was a sole-source 8(a) set-aside. Essnova Solutions has previously served as a prime contractor and subcontractor on IT, geospatial, environmental, and medical services contracts for federal agencies including the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Air Force, and Health.