NEPTUNE Real-Time Demonstration Computer System

Closed Solicitation Posted Aug 23, 2021

This opportunity was awarded. See the award notice from Sep 17, 2021.

Solicitation number: N00173-21-Q-TS01
Agency: Office of Naval Research Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense
Responses due: Aug 31, 2021, 5:00 PM ET
Set-aside: No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code: 334111 Electronic Computer Manufacturing
PSC: 7B20 It And Telecom - High Performance Compute (Hardware And Perpetual License Software)
Place of performance: Monterey, California 93943, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated Sep 17, 2021.

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI · Dec 29, 2023

The Naval Research Laboratory seeks to procure a Dell-branded high performance computing system to support weather modeling and forecasting applications for the Navy Environmental Prediction System Utilizing the NUMA core weather prediction model. Key requirements include Dell and Bright compute and storage bundles, Mellanox and Arista networking equipment, and APC infrastructure components. Quotes will be evaluated based on technical compliance with specifications, project plans, past performance, and price reasonableness, and are due by August 31, 2021.

There is no set-aside designation. The solicitation is issued by the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research for procurement under NAICS code 334111 and PSC code D314. Estimated delivery is within 90 days of award of a firm-fixed price contract for the system to be installed and configured at the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, California, with a three-year warranty and training required.

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As posted on SAM.gov.

Update #2 · Latest · Sep 17, 2021

UPDATE 1: The purpose of this update is to:

1 - Clarify that the RFQ number associated with this solicitation is N00173-21-Q-TS01, not N00173-21-Q-TS03. The updated Combined Synopsis-Sol clarifying this is attached.

2 - Provide Answers to Questions received:

Question 1: If our company has completed the annual representation and certification electronically in SAM is it OK for us to just complete paragraph (b) from the FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Feb 2021), Alternate I (OCT 2014) section in the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation document or we need to complete paragraphs (b) through (v) regardless of whether we have completed the annual representations and certification in SAM?

Answer 1: Yes, IAW FAR 52.212-3, Alt. 1 of the RFQ, the Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in SAM.

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NRL Code 7530 requires a commercial brand name (Dell) high performance computing system to support the highly parallel computations required to execute the Navy Environmental Prediction System Utilizing the NUMA core weather prediction model (NEPTUNE) and its supporting data assimilation and observation processing applications to produce real-time demonstration weather forecasts. The following subcomponents will comprise the overarching Dell HPC bundle:

a. Dell and Bright Compute Bundle

i. PowerEdge R6525 Compute Node

ii. PowerEdge R6525 Bright Head Note

iii. Bright Cluster Manager Licenses (3 years)

b. Dell and IBM Storage Bundle

i. IBM ESS 3000 Flash Tier

ii. IBM ESS 5000 SL JBOD

iii. IBM ESS 5000 NSD Server

iv. IBM EMS Management

v. Dell ME4012 SAS Storage

c. Mellanox and Arista Networking Bundle

i. Mellanox Infiniband 40 QSFP56 Managed Switch

ii. Mellanox InfiniBand 40 QSFP56 Unmanage Switch

iii. Mellanox 32 QSFP28 Managed Switch

iv. Arista Gigabit Ethernet: 4 8x RJ45, 4xSFP+ Switch

v. Mellanox Cable Bundle

vi. Arista Cable Bundle

vii. Slimrun Cat6 Bundle

d. APC Infrastructure Bundle

i. APC 42U Rack AR3300

ii. APC Rack PDU 9000

iii. APC Power Cables

For additional details on the submission of quotes and specifications, please see the attached Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, Attachment 1 – Specifications, Exhibit A – CDRLs, and associated supporting brand name J&A.

Update #1 · Aug 23, 2021