High-core-count servers for computational design

The National Institutes of Health, Office of Acquisitions, seeks three high-core-count servers for computational design, with responses due August 10, 2026 at 0900 Eastern Standard Time. The procurement is unrestricted and conducted as a commercial item acquisition under FAR 12.603.

Place of performance is the Vaccine Research Center at 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland. Each server must be configured with a Supermicro Hyper A+ Server 2126HS-TN chassis, dual AMD EPYC 9965 processors (192-core), 12x96GB DDR5 memory, dual 1.6TB NVMe storage drives, and NVIDIA ConnectX-7 InfiniBand adapter, plus supporting networking and power infrastructure. A 3-year Advanced Parts Replacement Warranty with next-business-day onsite service is mandatory. The NAICS code is 334111 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing); PSC is 7B22 (IT and Telecom—Compute: Servers). The small business size standard is 1,250 employees.

Offerors must provide unit and total pricing, shipping and handling costs, delivery timeframe, delivery terms, F.O.B. point, product and catalog numbers, service descriptions, Unique Entity Identifier, Taxpayer Identification Number, business size certification, and maintain active SAM registration. Evaluation factors are price, technical capability, past performance, and delivery schedule, with additional consideration given to warranty terms, lifecycle cost, maintenance availability, and energy efficiency. The Government will award to the responsible offeror whose offer represents best value. Responses are submitted electronically to Calvin Robinson, Contract Specialist, at calvin.robinson@nih.gov.