70 -- HPC Technology Insertion 2003 (TI-03) - NOTICE OF INFORMATION BRIEFING

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 information briefing for the Technology Insertion FY03 (TI-03) will be conducted on or about August 1, 2002, with subsequent issuance of an initial Request For Quote (RFQ) on or about August 15, 2002. A final RFQ is anticipated on or about October 25, 2002. The initial RFQ will be issued primarily to establish general pricing and HPC technical capabilities that are deliverable within the TI-03 timeframe. The final RFQ will request interested bidders to provide 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. 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 bidders meeting the above criteria are invited to attend the industry briefing at the HPC Modernization Office in Arlington, VA. For more details about the HPC Program and the TI-03 benchmarking information, visit the website at www.hpcmo.hpc.mil. Interested parties should notify Mr. John W. Mayes via email at [email protected], by COB, July 24, 2002, indicating interest in attendance and identifying their representatives. Attendees will be limited to four representatives per potential bidder.