SF30_-_Amendment_0001_-_1305M4-19-R-NWWX001.pdf

This document provides details of a final solicitation for high performance computing services and supplies to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System II capability. The National Center for Environmental Predictions within NOAA seeks to award an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $505.2 million and potential duration of ten years. The contract is anticipated to have fixed-price, time-and-materials, and cost-reimbursable task orders and will provide continued HPC services and supplies to support NOAA's weather prediction operations. Interested vendors must submit any questions by July 22, 2019 regarding the solicitation and register in the System for Award Management to be eligible for award. The solicitation is issued as a full and open competition under FAR Part 15 procedures with a NAICS code of 541512 and size standard of $27.5 million.

The incumbent contractor is IBM Corporation under Contract No. DG1330-12-CQ-0004 which expires in November 2019, though a two-year optional ordering period is available through November 2021. The current task order performance is scheduled from February 2017 to February 2020 with a follow-on order planned from February 2020 to February 2022. NOAA advises it will not combine the requirements of this WCOSS follow-on effort and its separate Research and Development High Performance Computing System acquisition into a single contract vehicle at this time.