In accordance with Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 206.302-1, the Government is issuing this RFI/sources sought announcement as part of market research for the procurement of Hewlett Packard (HPE) hardware and associated licenses to include: 

HPE 875782-B21, DL380 Gen10 TAA 8SFF CTO Svr, Quantity:  6.  Item(s) are also to include the following manufacturer provided and/or installed component(s), Licensing, or Support: 

2 each 875782-B21#ABA, English localization; 2 each, 869088-L21, DL380 Gen10 8164 Xeon-P FIO Kit; 2 each 869088-B21, DL380 Gen10 8164 Xeon-P Kit; 12 each, 815101-B21, 64GB 4Rx4 PC4-2666V-L Smart Kit; 2 each 875293-B21, Memory Fast Fault Tolerance FIO Kit, 2 each, 872344-B21, 480GB SATA 6G MU SFF SC DS SSD, 2 each, 870548-B21, DL Gen10 x8 x16 x8 Rsr Kit; 2 each, P9D94A, SN1100Q 16Gb 2p FC HBA; 2 each, 652503-B21, Ethernet 10Gb 2P 530SFP+ Adptr; 2 each Q0V80A, NVIDIA Tesla P40 24GB Module; 2 each P01366-B21, 96W Smart Storage Battery 145mm Cbl; 2 each 804331-B21, Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Ctrlr; 2 each 665240-B21, Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366FLR Adapter; 2 each 339778-B21, Raid 1 Drive 1 FIO Setting; 2 each 867810-B21, DL38X Gen10 High Perf Fan; 4 each 865438-B21, 800W FS Ti Ht Plg LH Pwr Sply Kit; 2 each BD505A, iLO Adv 1-svr Lic 3yr Support; 2 each P8B31A, OV w/o iLO 3yr 24x7 FIO Phys 1 LTU; 2 each 871829-B21, GPU 8P Keyed Cable Kit; 10 each Q7L27A, NVIDIA GRID Quadro vDWS 4CU Perp LTU; 10 each Q7L29A, NVIDIA GRID Quadro vDWS SUMS 4CU 3y SVC; 2 each 720865-B21, 2U CMA for BB Rail Kit; 2 each 864279-B21, TPM 2.0 Gen10 Kit; 2 each 867809-B21, Gen10 2U Bezel Kit; 2 each 720863-B21, 2U SFF BB Rail Kit; 2 each H1K93A3, 3Y Proactive Care 24x7 wDMR Service; 2 each H1K93A3#R2M, iLO Advanced Non Blade - 3yr Support; 2 each H1K93A3#WAH           DL38x Gen10 Support, 2 each H1K93A3#SVP, One View w/o Ilo Support; 2 each HA114A1, Installation and Startup Service; 2 each HA114A1#5A6, Startup 300 Series OS SVC. 

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport Division located at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, WA intends to solicit and award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) purchase order on a sole source basis to Hewlett Packard (HPE), Palo Alto, CA or an authorized dealer thereof.  This effort will be conducted on a sole source basis in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The basis for restricting competition is due to the required items being needed to integrate into current operations with existing HPE servers and enclosures and the existing management architecture in place at NUWC Keyport. 

In accordance with Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 206.302-1, the Government is accepting information from companies potentially capable of meeting the requirements as described above. The Government is seeking companies with the capabilities and facilities to provide the requirement as described above. Please provide information of performance on other Government contracts with similar efforts.

Responses should include availability, budgetary cost estimate, and lead time of the solution, as well as, whether a demonstration unit can be provided to expedite the decision making process.

All interested parties are encouraged to submit company and product literature, a white paper no longer than 5 pages, and/or other pertinent information, such as a description with performance parameters and a statement of current availability, summary of prior testing, test reports, a budgetary estimate of test articles, production units, production quantity breaks, mitigate the reason why the Government should not procure this effort on a sole source basis as stated above, and /or identify other Government contracts with similar efforts for the Government(s) consideration.

Responses to the Market Survey shall include the following:

Submitter's Name
Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
Business Size
Point of Contact (POC)
POC Telephone
Announcement Number:

Contractors must be properly registered in the Government System for Award Management database (SAM). Contractors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation of requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220, or via the internet at www.sam.gov.

This RFI/sources sought does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and it should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. The US Government is in no way liable to pay for or reimburse any companies or entities that respond to this announcement. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed.

Information may be submitted to the Point of Contact any time prior to the expiration of this announcement. The Point of Contact for this effort is Monique Klose, E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (360) 315-2215. The mailing address is: Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport Division, Attention:  Monique Klose, Code 023, Bldg 206L, 610 Dowell Street, Keyport, WA 983465-7610. Reference N0025319SNK04 in the subject line of e-mails.

Submissions in response to this RFI shall be submitted to the NUWC Keyport Contracting POC by 0900 Pacific Time 5 August 2019. Responses received after 5 August may not be considered in the Government's market research.

All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Your interest in the response is appreciated.

Reference announcement number N0025319SNK04 in all correspondence and communication.