Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

RFQ-NIH-6395344 1. This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Commercial Items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this... RFQ-NIH-6395344 1. This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Commercial Items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation that will be issued; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government anticipates a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order will be issued from this solicitation. 2. This requirement is being solicited as brand name only Request for Quotation (RFQ). The RFQ number is RFQ-NIH-6395344 3. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-06, dated 05/26/2022. 4. This requirement is solicited as a small business set-aside. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334111. Its associated Small Business Size Standard is 1250 employees. 5. List of Item(s): The vendor shall provide one (1) NVIDIA 8 x A100 80GB GPU Server unit as specified in Item 6. below. 6. Description of Requirements Background: Adaptive optics retinal imaging enables cellular level details to be imaged in the living human eye. Large imaging datasets require high end computational resources. A high-end GPU server is needed to perform artificial intelligence computation and GPU-based computation for adaptive optics retinal imaging data. Specifications: • NVIDIA 8 x A100 80 GB GPU Server • Condition: Brand New • GPU Form Factor: SXM4 Gen 4 • GPU Connectivity: NVLink with NVSwitch • CPU: 2 x AMD EPYC 7763 (64 core / 128 Thread, 2.45 GHz base clock, 256 MB L3 cache, PCIe 4.0 x 128) • Memory: 4 TB DDR4 3200MHz ECC REG • Operating system drive: 1.92 TB NVMe • Extra drive for storage: 15 TB NVMe • Network interface card for storage: 100 Gbps Ethernet NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EN • Adapter Card, 2x QSFP56 Dual port or 100 Gbps Ethernet NVIDIA ConnectX-6 EN • Adapter Card, 2x QSFP56 Dual port, PCIe 4.0x16 • Size: 4U Rackmount • Warranty (specify period) • NVIDIA Validation: NVIDIA-Certified or NVIDIA-Qualified 7. Delivery Offerors must provide their shipping lead time after receipt of an order and any applicable shipping costs with their quote. Delivery shall be made to National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814. 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This RFQ incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address: www.acquisition.gov/far 7. Provision 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Nov 2021) is incorporated by reference. 8. Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (Nov 2021) is incorporated by reference. The provision 52.212-2 incorporated above is completed as follows. Quotes received in response to this RFQ will be evaluated using the lowest-priced-technically-acceptable (LPTA) methodology. To be determined “Technically Acceptable” the offeror must provide the item with the specifications listed under item 5. above. The Government seeks the earliest delivery, therefore in addition to price, the most favorable delivery time may be considered to determine award. 9. Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (May 2022) applies to this acquisition. 10. Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition and no addenda to the clause are included. 11. Clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (May 2022), applies to this acquisition. 12. Questions are due no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Monday, August 8, 2022. Send questions via email to Zetherine Gore at . 13. Quotes are due no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, August 11, 2022. Send quotes via email in PDF format to Zetherine Gore at .