NASA Langley Research Center, MS 144, Industry Assistance Office Hampton, Va. 23681-0001

70 -- PURCHASE, MIDPLANE MODIFICATION, AND RUGGEDIZATION OF A SILICON GRAPHICS ONYX WORKSTATION WITH A VME EXPANSION CHASSIS POC NASA Langley Research Center, Industry Assistance Office, Mail Stop 144, Hampton, VA 23681-0001. In order that potential sources may learn of interest in a specific requirement, an advance notice is published here. Firms are being sought for the purchase, midplane modification, and ruggedization of a Silicon Graphics Onyx Computer with a VME Expansion Chassis. NASA Langley Research Center has a requirement for a ruggedized SGI Onyx Reality Engine 2 Workstation for use in an experimental research flight deck onboard a Boeing 757 aircraft. Software is already under development on an SGI Onyx system, therefore, this ruggedized system must be compatible with that software. The Onyx workstation needs to be able to implement a 3 graphics pipe system and includes but is not restricted to an Onyx RE2 rack, 4MB texture memory, 8x200MHz R4400 CPUs with 4MB secondary cache, 64 MB memory, 1 IMB, and a 2GB system disk. The graphics pipes include but are not restricted to a graphics expansion card cage, additional raster manager cards and a multichannel option with breakout box for each Reality Engine 2 pipe. Software compilers, an 8mm internal drive, and a CDROM are also required. Non-SGI equipment includes but is not restricted to power supply to utilize 400 Hz AC power for the equipment, a custom 6U VME expansion chassis with 20 slots, custom SGI compatible VME extended cards, 19'' + 24'' racks with cabinets to hold the racks, plus a tested in-use custom SGI compatible midplane with an additional VME slot and hardware to connect to the VME expansion chassis. All equipment will be modified to be acceptable for flight worthy operations in accordance with EMI/RFI, shock, and vibration requirements for Boeing aircraft as stipulated by NASA Langley. Maintenance contracts, documentation, preliminary and critical design reviews, and vendor to customer communication and interface will be required. Delivery of all items will be 9 months from vendor receipt of contract. Only SGI authorized and approved ruggedizers with a systems integrator agreement are allowed to quote. Firms having the capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement are invited to submit sales literature addressing these capabilities and at least one reference from a previous contract, preferable from a Government agency. (Please provide a contract number, names of cognizant contract personnel, and an applicable telephone number on the contract). This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and does not indicate a commitment by the Government nor that the Government will pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed qualified will be considered in any resulting solicitation for the requirement. Firms responding should indicate whether they are a socially or economically disadvantaged business firm, a small business, an 8(a), and/or a women-owned business. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based on responses hereto. All responses shall be submitted to the NASA Langley Research Center, Industry Assistance Office, Mail Stop 144, Hampton, VA 23681-0001 within 14 days from the date of publication of this announcement. In responding reference SS233. (0132)

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