Leas to Purchase Agreement for High Performance Computer System

The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Company), the Managing and Operating contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is in the process of acquiring a high-performance computer (HPC) system referred to as the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) High Performance Computer (HPC)-2 ("Eagle System").
The Company has entered into a separate Agreement for the Eagle System technical support, and hardware and software maintenance with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The Eagle System will be housed in the ESIF Building, 15257 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 on the 3rd Floor Data Center on the South Table Mountain (STM) Campus.
The Company is issuing a solicitation for lease financing of the Eagle System. Lease financing is not required for the technical support, hardware and software maintenance that are provided directly by HPE. This solicitation is a 100% set-aside for small businesses.
Please respond by 3:00 P.M. MST on July 24, 2018. Electronic proposals shall be submitted to the undersigned at brittany.decker@nrel.gov. We ask that Offeror's limit communications, regarding acquisition to those with a need to know. Please email the undersigned at brittany.decker@nrel.gov or phone 303-384-7387 with questions.
Sincerely,
Brittany Decker
SPC Team Manager, Acquisition Services, Office of the CFO, NREL.