High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) Technology Insertion (TI) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)
This pre-solicitation notice is NOT a solicitation. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about 7 May 2021.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center intends to solicit for proposals in support of the High Performance Computing (HPC) Modernization Program (MP) Technology Insertion (TI) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA). HPCMP fulfills the supercomputing requirements of DoD scientists and engineers by (1) acquiring the most advanced, leading-edge computational architectures and supporting these systems with complementary specialized expertise; (2) maintaining the Defense Research and Engineering Network which tailors digital networking and security technologies to securely deliver computational capabilities to the distributed DoD RDT&E community; and (3) leveraging code development and improvement efforts across Government, industry, and academia in order to supply innovative HPC software application codes.
The proposed BOAs will provide ongoing support for HPCMP requirements. The offerors must demonstrate their status as an American Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) by providing sufficient examples of large, balanced, commercially-available, production-grade HPC systems that the offeror successfully manufactured, installed, administered, and maintained within the United States within the past three (3) years. TI under this proposed procurement will occur primarily at the following four DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs) and will encompass the unique requirements of each center:
• U.S. Army Research Laboratory DSRC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland;
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center DSRC, Vicksburg, Mississippi;
• Air Force Research Laboratory DSRC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; and
• U.S. Navy DSRC, John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
Each DSRC provides an HPC computational environment with a full range of resources including hardware, software, networking, data storage, archiving, and visualization. To ensure the continued efficiency of all DSRCs, the administration and maintenance of supercomputers are procured via BOA orders annually.
BOA Information. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center (CEHNC) intends to issue Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs) and subsequent BOA orders In Accordance With (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.703 Basic Ordering Agreements and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 216.703 Basic Ordering Agreements. The estimated shared value of the BOA will be $369,750,000; and the agreements will consist of a five (5) year ordering period. IAW FAR 16.703(c)(2) each basic ordering agreement shall be reviewed annually before the anniversary of its effective date and revised as necessary to conform to the requirements of the regulation. The funding for BOA Orders issued under this requirement will be Other Procurement Army (OPA) and Research, Development, Testing, & Evaluation (RDT&E). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement will be 334111 - Electronic Computer Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. The PSC for this acquisition is 7B20 – “IT and Telecom - High Performance Compute (Hardware and Perpetual License Software)”
The tentative evaluation factors for this BOA is listed below:
Factor 1: Technical Capability
Factor 2: Past Performance
Description of Work. This acquisition will enable each DSRC to continue to provide an HPC computational environment with a full range of resources including hardware, software, networking, data storage, archiving, and visualization and to ensure the continued effectiveness of the DSRCs, supercomputers and the administration and maintenance to support the supercomputing hardware are procured annually. Providing the DSRC with supercomputing hardware, software, networking, data storage, archiving, and visualization through delivery orders allows for the Army, Air Force, and Navy to continue their mission of supporting the War Fighter. Supercomputers allows each DSRC to perform design, architecture, model rendering, and simulation of equipment and weapon systems.
This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. The solicitation will be posted to https://beta.sam.gov; and will be available to contractors without charge. Contractors can search by solicitation number, W912DY-20-R-0066. It is the offerors responsibility to check https://beta.sam.gov for any posted Amendments to this solicitation.
All questions and inquiries should be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Latosha V. McCoy at Latosha.V.McCoy@usace.army.mil
W912DY-20-R-0066 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville
4/22/21, 3:39 PM HPCMP Technical Insertion BOA On Ramp Opportunity
The U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center seeks proposals from qualified original equipment manufacturers to on-ramp onto existing basic ordering agreements for supercomputer technology insertions in support of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program. Offerors must have the capability to deliver, install, administer, and maintain large-scale, commercially available high performance computing systems manufactured in the United States. Proposals will be evaluated based on technical capability and system attributes as well as past performance, with awards made to responsible offerors rated technically acceptable. Proposals are due by November 3, 2023 at 3:00 PM Central Standard Time.
There is no set-aside designation. The existing BOAs have a capacity of $369.75 million over a five-year ordering period ending in October 2026 to provide world-class computing capabilities for the Department of Defense research community through technology insertions at five defense supercomputing resource centers located within the United States. Services include the delivery of balanced, commercially-available, production-grade high performance computing systems with appropriate combinations of processor, memory, disk I/O, interconnect, and operating system capabilities to conduct complex scientific calculations.
W912DY20R0066 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center
10/3/23, 11:20 AM High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) Technology Insertion (TI) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)
The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center intends to solicit for proposals in support of the High Performance Computing (HPC) Modernization Program (MP) Technology Insertion (TI) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA). HPCMP fulfills the supercomputing requirements of DoD scientists and engineers by (1) acquiring the most advanced, leading-edge computational architectures and supporting these systems with complementary specialized expertise; (2) maintaining the Defense Research and Engineering Network which tailors digital networking and security technologies to securely deliver computational capabilities to the distributed DoD RDT&E community; and (3) leveraging code development and improvement efforts across Government, industry, and
academia in order to supply innovative HPC software application codes.
The proposed BOAs will provide ongoing support for HPCMP requirements. The offerors must
demonstrate their status as an American Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) by
providing sufficient examples of large, balanced, commercially-available, production-grade HPC
systems that the offeror successfully manufactured, installed, administered, and maintained
within the United States within the past three (3) years. TI under this proposed procurement will occur primarily at the following four DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs) and will encompass the unique requirements of each center:
• U.S. Army Research Laboratory DSRC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland;
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center DSRC,
Vicksburg, Mississippi;
• Air Force Research Laboratory DSRC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; and
• U.S. Navy DSRC, John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
Each DSRC provides an HPC computational environment with a full range of resources
including hardware, software, networking, data storage, archiving, and visualization. To ensure
the continued efficiency of all DSRCs, the administration and maintenance of supercomputers
are procured via BOA orders annually.
BOA Information. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center (CEHNC) intends to issue Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs) and subsequent BOA orders In Accordance With (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.703 Basic Ordering Agreements and
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 216.703 Basic Ordering
Agreements. The estimated shared value of the BOA will be $369,750,000; and the agreements
will consist of a five (5) year ordering period. IAW FAR 16.703(c)(2) each basic ordering
agreement shall be reviewed annually before the anniversary of its effective date and revised as
necessary to conform to the requirements of the regulation. The funding for this requirement
will be Other Procurement Army (OPA) and Research, Development, Testing, & Evaluation
(RDT&E). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement will be
334111 - Electronic Computer Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,250
employees. The PSC for this acquisition is 7B20 – “IT and Telecom - High Performance
Compute (Hardware and Perpetual License Software)”
The tentative evaluation factors for this BOA is listed below:
Factor 1: Technical Capability
Factor 2: Past Performance
Description of Work. This acquisition will enable each DSRC to continue to provide an HPC computational environment with a full range of resources including hardware, software, networking, data
storage, archiving, and visualization and to ensure the continued effectiveness of the DSRCs,
supercomputers and the administration and maintenance to support the supercomputing hardware
are procured annually. Providing the DSRC with supercomputing hardware, software,
networking, data storage, archiving, and visualization through delivery orders allows for the
Army, Air Force, and Navy to continue their mission of supporting the War Fighter.
Supercomputers allows each DSRC to perform design, architecture, model rendering, and
simulation of equipment and weapon systems.
This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be available. Other methods of requesting a package will not be honored. The solicitation will be posted to https:/sam.gov; and will be available to contractors without charge. Contractors can search by solicitation number, W912DY-20-R-0066. It is the offerors responsibility to check https://sam.gov for any posted Amendments to this solicitation.
W912DY-20-R-0066 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville
7/1/21, 11:59 AM HPCMP Technical Insertion BOA On Ramp Opportunity
The US Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC) is seeking additional firms for the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) to provide high performance computing capabilities for the Department of Defense (DOD). The contracted firm will be responsible for the delivery, assembly, acceptance testing of a fully operational system, system administration (if required), and hardware/software maintenance. The systems to be procured for FY24 will only require the systems and hardware/software maintenance of those fully operational systems, with no system administration requested.
Products and Services to be provided:
Delivery, assembly, and acceptance testing of a fully operational high performance computing system.
System administration (if required in the overall TI requirements).
Hardware/software maintenance as specified in the individual TI requirements.
High performance computing capabilities for the Department of Defense (DOD).
System and hardware/software maintenance for the systems to be procured for FY24.
PANERD-23-P-0000_002282 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center
8/22/23, 12:20 PM