SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- HPC Technology Insertion 2005 (TI-05) - RFQ and NOTICE OF INFORMATION BRIEFING
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334111
— Electronic Computer Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), Information Technology Solutions Division (4TRW-H), 4890 University Square, Suite 3F, Huntsville, AL, 35816
- ZIP Code
- 35816
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-TI-05
- Response Due
- 6/28/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2004
- Point of Contact
- Eddie Mills, IT Specialist, Phone 256-895-5914, Fax 256-895-5898, - Eddie Mills, IT Specialist, Phone 256-895-5914, Fax 256-895-5898,
- E-Mail Address
-
eddie.mills@gsa.gov, eddie.mills@gsa.gov
- Description
- The General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (GSA-FTS), on behalf of the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), is issuing this notice to inform industry that an initial RFQ (Phase I), for the Technology Insertion FY05 (TI-05) will be issued on or about June 25, 2004, with a subsequent two-day information briefing on or about July 1, 2004. The information briefing will include a general overview on the morning of July 1 followed by one-on-one vendor question and answer sessions individually scheduled the afternoon of July 1 and all day July 2. A final RFQ (Phase II), is anticipated on or about October 15, 2004. Phase I of the RFQ will be issued primarily to establish general pricing and related HPC technical capabilities that are deliverable on or before June 30, 2005. Phase II of the RFQ will request offerors to provided detailed pricing, configuration, performance, maintenance, and delivery information for one or more specific HPC system configurations, all in response to a suite of DoD Benchmarks designed to demonstrate the capability of proposed systems to significantly improve the capabilities at HPCMP?s Major Shared Resource Centers and Distributed Centers. The application benchmark codes that are anticipated to be included in the TI-05 application benchmark suite are recognized by the following names: Aero, GAMESS, Cobalt60, RFCTH, HYCOM, OOCore, Overflow-2, WRF. The actual benchmark codes and related test cases will be distributed with the release of the Phase I RFQ. Responses to the RFQ will only be considered from companies who: (1) have offerings obtainable via existing GSA Contracts under Schedule 70 ?General Purpose Commercial Information Technology Equipment, Software, Services?; (2) have demonstrated success in large scale manufacturing of commercially available, production HPC systems; and (3) have clearances allowing access to sensitive DoD technology and facilities. Potential offerors meeting the above criteria are invited to review Phase I of the RFQ and subsequently attend the industry briefing at the HPC Modernization Office in Arlington, VA. For more details about the HPCM Program visit the website at www.hpcmo.hpc.mil. Interested parties should notify Ms. Mona P. Neal via email at mona.neal@gsa.gov, by COB June 28, 2004, indicating interest in attending the information briefing, providing proof of your ability to meet the eligibility requirements outlined above (no more than 5 pages), and identifying the representatives and their company affiliations that are requested to attend. Attendees to the information briefing and subsequent one-on-one vendor question and answer session will be limited to four representatives per potential offeror.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 4890 University Square, Suite 3F, Huntsville, AL
- Zip Code: 35816
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 35816
- Record
- SN00580662-W 20040507/040505212455 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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