This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) intends to award a firm fixed price (FFP) purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for the following: Twenty three (23) Relion Compute Nodes 128GB; Four (4) Relion Compute Node 256GB; Three (3) NICS For Login Nodes; Eight (8) EDR Infrastructure; Cluster Management Software; and SCYID Support Extension.. This is a Brand Name Only requirement for Penguin Computing, Inc. This justification is based on compatibility to existing Penguin HPC Cluster. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a written solicitation will not be issued. Quotes are being requested under Request for Quotation (RFQ) no. N0016717Q0075. The NAICS code is 334111 and the business size standard is 1,250 employees. This requirement is being solicited unrestricted.

The provisions and clauses included and/or incorporated in this solicitation document are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular. This RFQ incorporates all provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-95 and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) DPN 20161222. SEE ATTACHED SOLICITATION FOR CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS.

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote, conforming to the solicitation that will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government intends to evaluate all timely quotes received from eligible offerors on a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) basis. The Government intends to evaluate quotations and award a contract without discussions with offerors. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

Evaluation Factors (in order of importance)

1. Technical - Offerors' quotes must reflect the required brand name specifications included in the RFQ.

2. Price - Offerors' quotes must include all applicable costs.

See 52.212-2- EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS, incorporated into this solicitation at pages 21-22, for additional information regarding the evaluation process for this award.

Questions/clarification regarding this solicitation must be submitted via email to [email protected] by Friday 25 August 2017 1:00 PM EST All questions will be answered in an amendment to the solicitation.

Quote packages are due by 1 September 2017 by 12:00 PM EST. Late quotes will not be considered. Quote packages shall be sent to [email protected] and contain a cover sheet that provides the following information:

a)Official Company Name;
b)Point of contact including name and phone number; and
c)DUNS number.

The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Barbaraann Witz, at [email protected]

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