This RFQ constitutes a "brand name or equal to" solicitation. This solicitation is in accordance with FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal.

Objective is to procure 24 new servers and integrate them into an existing CDRH/OSEL Beowulf Cluster. Servers will be burned in by vendor and shipped to White Oak, but racking and integration will be performed by DIAM staff.

Period of Performance:
Vendor will require approximately 1 month on receipt of order to assemble, burn-in server components, and ship. Depot warranty service extends beyond delivery for 3 years.

1. Statement of Need.

With addition of new DIAM staff and use by other divisions within OSEL, the existing Beowulf cluster systems are almost always running at 100% capacity. In addition, new types of extremely compute- and memory-intensive simulations become practical with additional nodes featuring 64-bit AMD Opteron processors.

An upgraded cluster will allow CDRH scientists to research and understand the performance of computer aided diagnosis (CAD) software and other statistical learning machines on images, genomic data and other large, high-dimensional datasets. This will improve the assessment of new CAD submissions and assist in future guidance. Arbitrary tomographic x-ray systems will also be simulated.

2. Delivery or Performance-Period Requirements/Reporting Requirements and Deliverables.
Quantity Description Detail
20 1U 48-core Opteron 4-socket 64GB server
Chassis 1U rackmount server (Supermicro or equivalent)
CPU 4 x Opteron 6168 (1.9GHz or faster, 12-Core, Skt G34, 512KB/Core L2 Cache, 12MB L3 Cache)
RAM 64GB (16 x 4GB) Operating at 1333MHz Max (DDR3-1333 ECC Registered DIMMs)
Chipset AMD SR5690/SP5100
NIC Intel 82576 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller - Integrated
Management Integrated IPMI 2.0 & KVM with Dedicated LAN
SATA SP5100 Integrated SATA Controller
Hot-swap drive Seagate Barracuda ES.2 (3Gb/s, 7.2K RPM, 32MB Cache) 3.5" SATA 250GB
Optical drive Low-Profile DVD/CD-RW Drive
Power supply 1400W 80 PLUS Gold Level Power Supply with PMBus
Rail kit 1U Sliding Rail Kit, Outer Slide Extendable Length 26 Inches

Warranty: standard 3-year depot

Quotes shall be submitted by email only as a MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Brandi Saddler at [email protected]. Quotes are due by 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time on July 6, 2011. Any questions must be addressed to Brandi Saddler, [email protected]/301-827-7171.