sPHENIX Hardware Support

Brookhaven Science Associates, operating on behalf of the Department of Energy Office of Science, seeks quotations for sPHENIX hardware support, with proposals due May 26 at 5:00 p.m. EDT and questions due May 19. The procurement is set aside for total small business and is issued as a firm fixed price RFQ.

Place of performance is Upton, New York. The scope requires 16 Dell PowerEdge R760 servers configured as ZFS RAID head nodes and Lustre OSS, 16 Western Digital Ultrastar 102-bay JBODs fully loaded with 20TB SAS disks, and 16 units of Western Digital special warranty coverage for return/replacement service. Dell servers must include dual Intel Xeon Gold 6548N processors, 16×32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMMs, 3×480GB and 3×960GB SSD storage, dual 10/25GbE and 1GbE network adapters, iDRAC9 Enterprise management, PERC H755 SAS controller, redundant 1400W Titanium power supplies, ProSupport 7×24 technical support for 5 years, and next business day on-site service. All equipment must be TAA compliant and EAR99 technology. Only Dell Technologies and Western Digital manufacturers are acceptable; alternate part numbers may be offered if they meet or exceed specified performance parameters. Quotations must be all-inclusive in U.S. dollars, FOB Brookhaven with freight prepaid, and include any import duties and customs costs. Pricing shall remain firm for 90 days from submission. Payment terms are Net 10. Award goes to the responsive and responsible offeror submitting the lowest total price meeting all technical requirements. Offerors must be registered in SAM with an active Unique Entity ID and must certify small business status upon submission. The NAICS code is 334112, Computer Storage Device Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. Delivery is to Building 98, Upton, during operating hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. or 1:00–4:00 p.m. EST.