SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- DOC, NOAA, NWS, NCEP Central Computing System (CCS)
- Notice Date
- 1/28/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61, 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- DG1330-11-RP-0068
- Archive Date
- 2/27/2011
- Point of Contact
- Michael Blumenfeld, Phone: 301-713-0820 x 183, Richard A Parkerson, Phone: 301-713-0820 x 204
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.blumenfeld@noaa.gov, richard.parkerson@noaa.gov
(michael.blumenfeld@noaa.gov, richard.parkerson@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This synopsis serves to notify the public of the following proposed contract action. Notice of intent is hereby provided to negotiate on a sole-source basis with International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation of Bethesda, Maryland, to acquire High Performance Computing (HPC) processing capability, storage, networking, software, and facility services. The Government intends to award a sole-source firm fixed price contract to acquire up to two years of services currently being leased under contract DG133W-02-CN-0013 which expires on September 30, 2011. The period of performance is October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012, plus three additional four (4) month option periods. The purpose of the bridge contract is to maintain the existing HPC services for up to two years while the Government transitions to a new longer term HPC system contract. The new HPC system solicitation is currently available on www.FedBizOpps.gov as a full and open competition under reference number DG1330-11-RP-0009-FINAL. The Government intends to run parallel operations of the bridge HPC system concurrently with the new HPC system to allow a smooth transition while maintaining uninterrupted services in order to meet the mission of the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, National Center for Environmental Prediction. The current IBM HPC system consists of two operational supercomputer clusters, Stratus and Cirrus, with identical configurations and a test and evaluation system, Altus. Each operational system is an IBM Power6-based system containing 156 nodes (32 processors per node), 4 GB memory/physical processor and IBM's AIX-based high performance computing parallel environment including GPFS. Each system is capable of delivering 73TF as measured by Linpack benchmark code. Each operational system employs an IBM TS3500 tape library for user data via TSM archival software and network. Each operational system supports a 320 TB disk storage subsystem providing sustained performance of not less than 9 GB/sec for write and 10 GB/s for read. The test and evaluation system is configured using components (hardware and software) identical to the operational systems and consists of a 6-node Power 6 cluster with a 6 TB disk subsystem. IBM provides 7X24X365 system administration and other system related support services via a team comprised of four system administrators servicing Gaithersburg, Maryland, one system administrator located in Fairmont, West Virginia, one system administrator/software engineer troubleshooting recalcitrant applications/application optimization and one quarter-time software engineer dealing with optimization and meteorological model design. The operational systems are located in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Fairmont, West Virginia. The test and evaluation system is located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The current IBM contract provides for a facility as part of its total solution, including all utilities, uninterruptible power supply, backup electrical generators sufficient to provide "N+1" redundancy, all associated facility infrastructure such as electrical switch gear, water-cooling and plumbing. The bridge HPC system must provide a continuation of operational performance at least equivalent to Stratus and Cirrus, including support of the IBM parallel file system. It must meet the Government's strict dependability guaranteed performance of 99% operational use time, 99% on-time product generation and system switch (between Stratus and Cirrus or vice versa) of 30 minutes. The system must also provide an equivalent test and evaluation system. The HPC systems must be fully supported by system administrators and maintenance provided on a 7X24x365 basis. The HPC system must continue to support full integration with the existing R&D computing and tape archival system. In addition, the HPC system must be integrated into the Government's local area network and wide area network, supported by industry standard communications hardware/software. This notice is not a request for proposals. A determination by the Government to sole source this requirement was based upon responses to a Request For Information posted on March 2, 2010 under reference number NCEP-OPS2010. It is the Government's belief that IBM Corporation is the only entity capable of maintaining the total HPC solution resulting in uninterruptable services during the transition period. Any potential sources with the expertise and required capabilities to deliver a total HPC solution and related engineering services may demonstrate its ability to meet the technical requirements stated above in duplicate no later than 15 calendar days from the date of the posting of this announcement. Any response must include sufficient information to allow the Government to evaluate its capability relative to the technical requirements stated herein. Submit responses to Contracting Officer, Michael Blumenfeld, at michael.blumenfeld@noaa.gov. THIS NOT A SOLICITATION.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department Of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs, Maryland, 20746, United States
- Zip Code: 20746
- Zip Code: 20746
- Record
- SN02368512-W 20110130/110128233831-9282058684e90db14853dd4a56c2f621 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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