70 -- HPC Technology Insertion 2004 (TI-04) - RFQ and NOTICE OF INFORMATION BRIEFING

HPC Technology Insertion 2004 (TI-04) - RFQ and NOTICE OF INFORMATION BRIEFING 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 FY04 (TI-04) will be issued on or about June 27, 2003 with a subsequent information briefing on or about July 1, 2003. A final RFQ is anticipated on or about September 26, 2003. The initial RFQ will be issued primarily to establish general pricing and HPC technical capabilities that are deliverable within the TI-04 timeframe. The final RFQ (Phase II) will request interested bidders 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. 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 review the initial RFQ and subsequently attend the industry briefing at the HPC Modernization Office in Arlington, VA. For more details about the HPC Program and the TI-04 acquisition (as well as TI-03 - for historical reference) visit the website at www.hpcmo.hpc.mil. Interested parties should notify Mr. John W. Mayes via email at [email protected], by COB June 25, 2003, indicating interest in attendance, providing proof of your ability to meet the eligibility requirements (no more than 5 pages), and identifying their representatives. Attendees will be limited to four representatives per potential bidder.