7B22-- Nutanix Equipment Upgrade See attached/within for details

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 is seeking sources for a Nutanix equipment upgrade at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. This procurement involves providing a hyperconverged virtual environment expansion, specifically adding GPU nodes to run clinical applications, including 3 NX-3460-G9 4-node clusters with Intel Xeon-Silver processors, 96x 64GB memory modules, and 72x 3.84TB SSDs. Contractors must demonstrate at least 3 successful past performances with advanced Nutanix installations and provide turn-key GPU expansion capabilities that seamlessly integrate with existing systems while maintaining VA security compliance. The project requires VetBiz verification and contractors must be able to mix and match product lines across different departments. This Sources Sought notice is currently in the market research phase, with responses due by 1:00 PM CST on August 15, 2025, submitted via email to Contracting Officer Steven A. Berkeley at Steven.berkeley@va.gov.

This opportunity operates under NAICS code 334112 (Computer Storage Device Manufacturing) with a size standard of 1,250 employees and is classified under Product Service Code 7B22 for IT and telecom compute servers. No set-aside designation is currently specified, and the notice encourages small business participation while requesting estimated market pricing information to help determine the appropriate procurement strategy. The project includes a maximum performance period of 1 year for installation services, followed by 5 years of support services, requiring a 100% software-defined system that is hypervisor agnostic with unified storage capability. The procurement specifically targets comprehensive installation services including network configuration, cluster deployment, hypervisor setup, and Prism Central integration. No incumbent contractors or specific budget ranges are mentioned in the current pre-solicitation documentation.