soliciting for a qualified vendor to provide and Enterprise-level Mass Storage System to attach to the High Performance Computing Cluster (HPC)

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division seeks to award a firm-fixed price purchase order for an enterprise-level mass storage system meeting minimum specifications, including 2.2PB of usable storage expandable to 10PB, 270TB of SSDs, and sequential read/write performance standards. Interested vendors must submit a quote by August 16th demonstrating their ability to provide the required storage system, installation, configuration, warranty, and support services. Award will be made to the responsible offeror with the lowest price whose offer conforms to all solicitation requirements and is most advantageous to the government.

The solicitation is set aside for total small business and seeks NAICS code 334112, PSC code 7025. The storage system will attach to the Navy's High Performance Computing Cluster and clients in West Bethesda, Maryland, with the Navy estimating a five-year contract value between $3-5M. Requirements include 400NVX2 ExaScaler chassis, 18TB and 15.36TB of specified drive types totaling over 2.2PB of usable storage expandable to 10PB, along with installation, training, support, and a five-year warranty.