This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for the purchase of Mellanox Switches and Accessories to support the Integrated Avionics Test Facility throughout Marshall Space Flight Center in support of ES53 Lab The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2005-88.
Award of Mellanox Switches and Accessories
Award Notice of Brand Name NVIDIA Mellanox Switches on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) to Veteran Information Technologies, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO.
Equipment RequirementsInfiniBand Infrastructure items: 36 port EDR InfiniBand switch to include a three (3) year service contract, Eight (8) two (2) meter long EDR/FDR cables, Support contracts for two (2) existing 36 port Mellanox FDR InfiniBand switches, Detailed instruction and all required support needed for UNH RCC staff to upgrade the existing switches tocurrent firmware levels Bid Related Documents Download Document Bid Related Attachments
The drivers required to operate the switches may not be capable of interfacing with the Mellanox switches that connect these devices to the remainder of the clusters.This integration issue would result in the new equipment having zero functionality to FNMOC’s systems.Based on the known interoperability between the Dell and Mellanox equipment, the addition of any non-Mellanox equipment would require the creation of a new secondary SW-based switching
, Mellanox SB7800 Series, Technical Support and Warranty, Gold, 3 Year 1 Switch, Mellanox SB7890, 36x QSFP28 / EDR, 2x PSU, F2B Airflow, w/ rails, unmanaged 3 -Additional L2 IB Switches for Non-Blocking Fabric Support, Mellanox SB7890 Series, Technical Support and Warranty, Gold, 3 Year 3 Cable, InfiniBand VPI EDR, QSFP28/QSFP28, Passive Copper, 1m, Mellanox 43 Cable, InfiniBand VPI EDR, QSFP28/QSFP28, Passive Copper, 1m, Mellanox 6 -ISLs Cable, InfiniBand
Auction Description: MELLANOX TECHNICAL SUPORT AND WARRANTY - SILVER 1 YEAR FOR SX6018 SERIES SWITCHES. SEE THE ATTACHED BRAND NAME SOLE SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THIS IS A BRAND NAME SOLE . All quotes will be evaluated based on lowest price technically acceptable criteria. Technical acceptability means all furniture meets or exceeds the salient characteristics outlined in this RFQ and attached documents.
