70 -- HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEM

Notice Date

March 12, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/OFA/AGFS/AMD -- OFA51, 1305 East West Highway -- Station 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

ZIP Code

20910

Point of Contact

William L. Voitk, Contracting Officer (301) 713-0839, ext 185

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the contracting officer via (william.voitk@noaa.gov)

Description

This is an amendment to a sources sought synopsis and Request for Information (RFI) for a High Performance Computing System that appeared in the CBDNet on February 5, 2001. This synopsis mentioned that the National Centers for Environmental Prediciton (NCEP), within the National Weather Service (NWS), is seeking to acquire a Central Computer System (CCS) to enhance its computing capabilities. The purpose of this amendment is to inform potential offerors that the Government is considering the feasibility of locating the CCS at a facility identified by the Contractor rather than at the Government's site. Accordingly, vendors responding to the RFI are requested to address the following additional topic: (h) Should the CCS be located at a vendor's site (1) Does the vendor have a potential site available; (2) Would the vendor consider hosting the CCS if they were the successful offeror, keeping in mind the CCS will be a 24 X 7, time-critical operation; and (3) What would be the approximate cost to the Government. Vendors are requested to provide the Contracting Officer with an initial response to the above information only by April 2, 2001. Vendors may include updated and additional information on this topic with their RFI response due on April 20, 2001.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010314/70SOL008.HTM (W-071 SN50F8T5)