SUBJECT: 768 CORE COMPUTATIONAL CLUSTER AND RAID STORAGEThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisitions, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED. Responses shall reference Request for Quotations No. DE-RQ26-08NT000958, The U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (to be delivered to our site located in Morgantown, WV) intends to purchase the following: (1 each) 768 Core Computational Cluster and RAID Storage with the following minimum specifications: Compute Nodes 48x 1U Twin Chassis / 96 Nodes Processor: 4x Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5440 2.83Ghz 1333FSB 12MB Cache 80W Motherboard: 2x Supermicro X7DWT-INF Intel 5400 Chipset with InfiniBand Memory: 16x 1GB PC5300 667Mhz FB-DIMM (1GB per core ratio) Chassis: Supermicro SC808T-980B/V 1U SATA 980W Hard Drive: 2x 160GB Serial ATA 7200 RPM 3.5 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (OS Image will be provided) Operating System: Novell OpenSuSE Linux 11.0 Warranty: Three (3) Year Warranty/Parts Infiniband Interconnect 1x 96 Port DDR Infiniband Switch with full bi-sectional bandwidth for each port - Voltaire Grid Director ISR 9096 Enclosure: Infiniband Switch chassis with backplane Ports: 4x 24 Port 20GB/s DDR Infiniband line cards Connectors: 4x 24 Port 20Gb/s DDR fabric connection board Power Supply: 2x SPSU power supples Cables: 96x DDR rated Inifniband cables (mix of lengths) Rails: Rackmount brackets Software: OpenIB Infiniband Stack Gigabit Interconnect 3x 48 Port Gigabit Switch with port trunking Enclosure: 1U Gigabit Switch Ports: 48x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports each capable of powering 2000 Mbps of data throughput in full-duplex mode Cables: Cat 5e cables (mix of lengths) Rails: Rackmount brackets Cabinet and Power Infrastructure 2x 42U Racks Cabinets: 2x 42U 1000+ mm depth racks with side panels, front/rear doors, shock pallet, ramp Power Distribution: 8x 30A 220VAC Power Distribution Units Cable Ducts: Wiring ducts to organize and protect power cords, ethernet and Infiniband cabling Storage Nodes 2x 48TB Storage Nodes Processor: 2x Dual-Core AMD Opteron Model 2216 2.4GHz 2MB Cache 95W Motherboard: Supermicro H8DM3-2 EATX AMD 8132 Chipset Memory: 8x 512MB PC5300 667Mhz DDR2 ECC Registered Chassis: 8U with at least 1500W Redundant Power Supply OS Hard Drives: 2x 80GB SATA 7200RPM 3.5 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Data Hard Drives: 48x 1000GB SATA 7200RPM 3.5 Seagate Barracuda ES.2 RAID Controller: 2x 3ware 9650SE-24M8/ML 24 port SATA PCIe Battery Backup: 2x 3ware Battery Backup Unit for 3ware 9650SE RAID Level: JBOD Operating System: Novell OpenSuSE Linux 11.0 Warranty: Three (3) Year Warranty/Parts. DELIVERY: FOB Destination is required (all freight included). The provisions at 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items (JAN 1999) does not apply to this acquisition. Instead, the following information will be used for evaluation of offerors: An award shall be made to the responsible offeror submitting a technically acceptable quote and offering the lowest evaluated price. Evaluation is based on best value including cost and ability to meet stated requirements above. Offerors shall submit descriptive literature and drawings detailing features, technical capabilities and warranty data. Technical acceptability will be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted response to this provision as it compares to the minimum characteristics provided above. Therefore, it is essential that offerors provide sufficient technical literature, documentation, etc., in order for the Government evaluation team to make an adequate technical assessment of the quote as meeting technical acceptability. Price shall be the deciding factor among technically acceptable quotes. The North American Industry Classification (NIAC) is 423430. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHALL SUBMIT OFFERS WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Federal Tax Identification (TIN); Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS); and remit to address if different. A Firm Fixed Priced Purchase Order shall be issued using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures FAR Part 13. All offers are due no later than 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone on September 15, 2008. All quotes must be E-mailed to both [email protected] and [email protected]. or and if faxing the fax must be sent to both Robert Mohn at 412-386-5770 and William Rogers at 304-285-4403.. All technical questions should be directed to the Technical Representatives Mr. William Rogers at 304-285-4271.

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