U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

70 -- TARDEC HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SOL DAAE0796RQ204. DUE 010396. POC For a solicitation copy or for information on this procurement call Jay Lentz (810) 574-8084. Item: The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) intends to issue RFP DAAE07-96-R-Q204 for the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) planned upgrade of its high performance computing (HPC) system. TARDEC is the federal government's only laboratory dedicated to ground vehicle technology. Its mission is to conduct research, development, and engineering (RDE) to maintain global technological superiority in military ground vehicles and advance the role of automotive related science in the broader national interest. High Performance Computing (HPC) is a key enabling technology critical to the success of mission. The primary HPC emphasis and expertise is directed toward very specific engineering applications, methodology development, and analyses. In addition, via networking, TARDEC supports certain HPC requirements of other DOD RDE agencies. TARDEC currently operates a centralized HPC configuration mainly comprised of a liquid cooled, four processor Cray Research Inc., Cray-2 Vector supercomputer, augmented with 256 megaword memory; approx. 100 GB on-line storage; 1.2 terabytes robotic off-line storage; and Ethernet, FDDI, and other network interface for in-house and remote access. TARDEC intends to modernize its current HPC configuration in order to satisfy current and future RDE requirements, by acquiring all necessary commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software, interface, site preparation, training, documentation, maintenance, and support services for the upgraded configuration. Included will be the acquisition of genuine HPC class hardware and operating software which will be reconfigurable and expandable to accommodate future growth. The resultant system shall represent the state-of-the-art in heterogeneous vector/scalable parallel HPC architectures. The resultant HPC configuration to be acquired shall include both multiprocessor vector (initially at a minimum, eight (8) processors) and scalable parallel (initially, at a minimum, 64 processors) architectures and be upgradable to accommodate future anticipated growth. The resultant on-line storage, at a minimum, shall initially by approx 200GB. Operating system software to be included shall be based on UNIX and include utilities, and compilers (initially, at a minimum, FORTRAN 90, C, and C++) for both VECTOR and scalable parallel environments. Compatibility with the existing HPC configuration is desirable. Reuse of the TARDEC modern HPC facility should minimize installation and other site related actions. At a minimum, the modernized HPC configuration shall incorporate the existing file structures and on-line/off-line storage with minimal or no conversion as well as supporting in-house developed and currently COTS software. Current and future users of TARDEC's HPC configuration include in-house and remotely located Army, DOD, Academic, and Industrial Scientists and Engineers. Users are located throughout CONUS and possess varying degrees of experience with HPC. Training, documentation, and system support shall be provided to accommodate TARDEC HPC users. At a minimum, on-site vendor operating system and applications software staffing shall be provided during normal working hours. Delivery shall be within 90 days after contract award. All items are to be delivered FOB destination. The estimated system life for this action is 96 months. All firms interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation should submit their request in writing no later than fifteen (15) days after publication of this notice. Solicitation DAAE07-96-R-Q204 will be issued on or about 3 Jan 96. Telephone requests will not be honored. Any request should be sent to the attn of the Contract Specialist, Mr. Jay Lentz, at the following address: USATACOM, Acquisition Center, AMSTA-AQ-TCC, Warren, Michigan 48397-5000. See Note: None. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. The offer due date is on or about 010396 (see solicitation for actual offer due date). (349)

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