NGA_Supercomputer_Award_with_Justification
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- HM157525C0006_Supercomputer
- Agency
-
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
- Awarded
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- HM157525C0006
- NAICS code
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Place of performance
- Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded a sole-source firm-fixed-price contract worth $25,790,521 to the University of Illinois for the procurement and operation of a high-performance computing supercomputer system. The 6-year contract, spanning from May 26, 2025, through October 31, 2031, will provide NGA with advanced supercomputing capabilities including OpenRosetta and OpenRosetta 3D technologies, compute nodes, GPUs, CPUs, RAM processing, and storage systems. The supercomputer will primarily support the generation of elevation foundation data using artificial intelligence and automation, produce digital surface models covering 30 million square kilometers of Defense Gridded Elevation Data, and enable advanced geospatial data processing and AI/machine learning applications. The sole-source award was justified under FAR 6.302-3 as congressionally directed to establish essential research and development capabilities at an educational institution, with the University of Illinois being determined as the only available source through NGA's market research.
Notice text
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded a FFP contract for High-Performance Computing Supercomputer to the University of Illinois. The acquisition is supported by the attached justification.
As stated in FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii), full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources “in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center.” Furthermore, as set forth in FAR 6.302-3(b)(2)(iii), the use of this authority may be appropriate when it is necessary to “contract for supplies or services as are necessary incident to paragraph (b)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section.” Additionally, per the 2025-NGA-OCCL-9043 memo, “NGA’s Source Directorate plans to establish a sole-source contract directly with the University of Illinois to purchase the computer, support follow-on operations, and allow the use of the supercomputer for research, development, test and evaluation from other NGA and outside organizations.” This memo details the congressional intent when funds were provided to NGA for the purchase of a “supercomputer” that would be managed by the University of Illinois.
Total value of award: $25,790,521.00
Period of Performance: 5/26/2025 - 10/31/2031
Awarded contract HM157525C0006 to University of Illinois for 25790521.00 on 2025-05-20.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Justification_and_Approvals.pdf |
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