HPCC HARDWARE BUY III8

RECOVERY-THE ACQUISITION OF HIGH-END NETWORKING EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMNISTRATION (NOAA) RESEARCH NETWORK (NRN). IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 (ARRA), PUBLIC LAW 111-5, THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL CAPITAL ACQUISITION DIVISION, INTENDS TO ACQUIRE HIGH-END NETWORKING EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE NOAA RESEARCH NETWORK (NRN) USING A SOURCE VIA THE 8-A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROGRAM. THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY-THE REQUEST FOR QUOTATION SOLICITATION WILL BE SOLICITED AS A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION AS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS 8-A SET-ASIDE THROUGH THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. The applicable NAICS code is 541519 Other Computer Services NOAA is in the process of engineering a l0 GE capable Wide Area Network that will interconnect select national NOAA Research Network sites along with their associated supercomputing resources to further the scientific mission of NOAA. This NOAA Research Network will be a reliable, flexible, high performance, expandable network which will require high-end networking equipment to meet these goals as well as infrastructure equipment to support the research systems at the designated locations. The primary location for this effort is Princeton, New Jersey. RECOVERY NOAA/NRN Computer Hardware Buy III Solicitation Number: DG-1330-RFQ-1126 Agency: Department of Commerce Office: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Location: Acquisition and Grants Office RECOVERY NOAA/NRN Computer Hardware Buy III - DG-1330-10-RFQ-1126- Federal Business Opportunities... The primary interconnected site is the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, NJ NOAA Point of contact is Sr. Contract Specialist (contractor support) [email protected] Place of Performance Princeton University Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Forrestal Campus 201 Forrestal Road Princeton, NJ 08542-6646. Contracting Office Address: SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Place of Performance: Princeton New Jersey, United States Primary Point of Contact. Diane Bradley Sr. Contract Specialist (Contractor Support) [email protected] Phone : 301-713-0820 x 201 Secondary Point of Contact: Michael Blumenfeld, Contracting Officer [email protected] Phone: 301-71-30820 x183 Opportunity History ■ Original Synopsis