N6134019R0155_Sources_Sought_Requirement_FY19_HPC_Compute_Nodes.docx

Sources Sought Requirement

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCE SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) Orlando, FL intends to acquire Thinkmate (Integrated IT Solutions, Inc.) high performance computing system hardware and accessories to add into its existing high density computation system under the authority of 10 USC 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Thinkmate is the only manufacture and source of the hardware that matches the existing system configuration. In order to comply with PGI 206.302-1 the Government is seeking information on the availability of potential alternative providers of the required specification.

Responses to this sources sought will be utilized to ensure no comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government.

The Thinkmate High Performance Computing and Accessories effort requires the following:

· 18 x Compute Node Units HDX XB8-5162V4

· 4 x Head Node Units Units RAX XF2-11S1-SH

· 9 x Database Node Units RAX XT10-2160V4-NVMe

· 2 x Hot Storage Node Units STX-NL-XD24-22S1-10G

· 2 x Optane Storage Node Units RAX XS4-11S1-10G

· 4 x APC AR3307 Equipment Rack

· 96 x 16GB PC4-19200 2400MHZ ECC Ram

· 2 x Mellanox Infiniband Switch MSB7700-EB2F

· 2 x Cisco Network Switch WS-C3650-48TD-S

· 19 x Tripplite PDU PDUMH20

· 6 x Tripplite PDU PDU3MV6H50

· 4 x 10G-BaseT SFP+ Module, Startech SFP10GBTCST

· 5 x 25’ Blue Cat6A Cable

· 15 x 15’ Blue Cat6A Cable

· 90 x 10’ Blue Cat6A Cable

· 20 x Mellanox 1.5m EDR Copper Cable MCP1600-E01A

ADDITIONAL CAPABILITY SPECIFICS

Compute node units shall each occupy 1U of rack space, have one FDR Infiniband (QSFP) connection, and contain two nodes. Each node shall contain the following components and be powered by 120 volt input supply.

· 2 x Intel Xeon Processor E5-2620

· 512GB of Memory

· 1 x 1-Gigabit Ethernet connection

· 1 x IPMI 2.0 remote management interface over Ethernet with BIOS level KVM capability Head node units shall each occupy 1U of rack space, contain the following components, and be powered by 120 volt input supply.

· 1 x Intel Silver 4110 Processor

· 48GB of Memory

· 2 x 480GB Solid State Drives

· 2 x 10-Gigabit Ethernet connection

· 1 x IPMI 2.0 Remote management interface over Ethernet with BIOS level KVM capability

· 1 x Mellanox 100Gb/s EDR Infiniband adapter ConnectX-5 VPI (1x QSFP28) Database node units shall each occupy 1U of rack space, contain the following components, and be powered by 120 volt input supply.

· 1 x Intel Xeon Processor E5-2640 Processor

· 512GB of Memory

· 2 x 10-Gigabit Ethernet connection

· 1 x IPMI 2.0 Remote management interface over Ethernet with BIOS level KVM capability

· 1 x Mellanox 100Gb/s EDR Infiniband adapter ConnectX-5 VPI (1x QSFP28) Hot storage node units shall each occupy 2U of rack space, contain the following components, and be powered by 120 volt input supply.

· 2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Processor

· 96GB of Memory

· 24 x 3.84TB hot swappable enterprise grade solid state drives for mixed use environments

· 2 x 256GB Solid State Drives

· 2 x 10-Gigabit Ethernet connection

· 1 x IPMI 2.0 Remote management interface over Ethernet with BIOS level KVM capability

· 2 x Mellanox 100Gb/s EDR Infiniband adapter ConnectX-5 VPI (1x QSFP28) Optane storage node units shall each occupy 1U of rack space, contain the following components, and be powered by 120 volt input supply.

· 1 x Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Processor

· 192GB of Memory

· 1 x 1.5TB Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X NVME Solid State Add-on Card

· 2 x 10-Gigabit Ethernet connection

· 1 x IPMI 2.0 Remote management interface over Ethernet with BIOS level KVM capability

· 1 x Mellanox 100Gb/s EDR Infiniband adapter ConnectX-5 VPI (2x QSFP28)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Any resultant contract is anticipated to have a security classification level of UNCLASSIFIED. Any resulting contract shall be compliant with the specialty metals restriction of the Berry Amendment in accordance with DFARS clauses 225.7003 and 252.225-7009, inclusive of Class Deviations 2008-O0002, unless an exception applies.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 334111 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing). The Product Service Code (PSC) is 7021 (Information Technology Central Processing Unit Digital).

SUBMISSION DETAILS

This sources sought notice is not a request for competitive proposals. It is a notice to determine if a comparable source exists and outline the Government’s intent to contract on a sole source basis with Integrated IT Solutions, Inc.

Interested sources shall submit their written technical capabilities to provide the supplies described above. Written response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, and Points of Contact including name, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address. Detailed written capabilities shall not exceed 5 pages and submissions must be sent by email to Ana Aragon (Ana.Aragon@navy.mil) in an electronic format that is compatible with MS Word, no later than 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 18 July 2019.

Verbal submissions via phone will not be honored. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. Classified material SHALL NOT be submitted.