AJ11--Production System for Boston VA TRACTS/NeRVe Center

Regional Procurement Office (RPO) - East intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with ThunderCat Technology, LLC, 1925 Isaac Newton Square, Ste 180, Reston, VA, 20190-5030. This acquisition involves scientific medical equipment needed to establish a Production System to support research and clinical storage of MRI Scans (DICOMS) through a Picture Archive Communications Systems (PACS) server connected to a Siemens Prisma MRI Scanner that is being installed in September 2021 for the newly constructed Neuroscience Building located at the Boston VA Jamaica Plain Division. The following equipment and services shall be purchased: ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT 0001 Mercury RM112 1U Rackmount Server: (1124US-TNRP) Two (2) EPYC 7252 3.1 GHz Eight-Core 120W Processor 256GB DDR 3200MHz (16 x 16GB Sticks) One (1) 800GB 7300 Max U.2 2.5 Inch PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe 3 DWPD Solid State Drive (OS) Two (2) 3.2TB 9300 Max NVMe U.2 4DWPD 3D TLC NAND

Solid State Drive (Metadata/ Registry) Nine (9) 15.36TB NVMe U.2 1DWPD Solid State Drive (Capacity) One (1) ConnectX-5 EX VPI Adapter Card EDR IB and 100GbEDual-Port QSFP28 PCIe4.0 x16 Tall Bracket ROHS One (1) LSI 9500-8e 12Gb/s TriMode SATA/SAS/NVMe 8-Port Host Bus Adapter (for Future JBOD Connection) One (1) 6' 100/1000 Cat6 Cable Dual AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processors 8TB Registered ECC DDR4 3200MHz SDRAM in Thirty-Two DIMMs Expansion Slots: Two (2) PCI-E 4.0 x16 (FH, 9.5"L), One PCI-E 4.0 x16 (LP), One (1) PCI-E4.0 x16 (Internal Proprietary LP) Integrated IPMI 2.0 + KVM with Dedicated LAN Software Out of Band License Key (SFT-OOB-LIC) Included for OOB BIOS Management Twelve (12) Hot-Swap 2.5 Inch NVMe Drive Bays; or SATA3 (via Optional Kits) or SAS3 (via Optional Add-on Card and Cables) Eight (8) Heavy Duty Fans with Optimal Fan Speed Control 1200W Redundant Power Supplies Titanium Level (96%) Five-Year Bronze Advance Replacement Warranty to Include: Toll-Free Phone/Email Support Help Desk Available Mon.-Fri, 9am-5pm PST Advance Replacement of System and All Associated Components 9 to 5 pm Local Time, Monday through Friday Free System Firmware Updates Lifetime Technical Support 18.00 EA 0002 Spectrum 100GbE 1U Switch with Cumulus Linux 32 QSFP28 Ports Two AC PSUs x86 2Core Standard Depth P2C Airflow Rail Kit RoHS6 1.00 EA 0003 Mellanox Three-Year Technical Support and Warranty for SN2700 Cumulus Series Switch - Silver 1.00 EA 0004 Mellanox Passive Copper Cable Ethernet 100GbE QSFP28, 2.5-meter, Black CA-N 18.00 EA 0005 Mellanox 40Gbps to 10Gbps QSFP to SFP+ Ethernet Cable Adapter 1.00 EA 0006 Mellanox Ethernet Cable Module 1GbE 1Gb/s SFP Base-T up to 100M 1.00 EA 0007 Quobyte Five-Year Silver Software Subscription - Raw Capacity: 2.48PB NVMe SSD: 1.00 EA 0008 Onsite Integration of Quobyte Storage 3.00 EA 0009 Rack PDU 2G, Switched, ZeroU 30A 200/208V 4.00 EA The Production System is a server-based capability that will serve as the backbone for all the Neuroscience Building research capabilities to store, access, analyze, distribute, and backup scientific data. It is a dual use capability that also provides the ability to store, access, backup, and review medically MRI scans through diagnostic workstations. This system is the foundation for Virtual Private Network (VPN) access to research data in support of Continuity of Operations Planning but is partitioned to ensure that medical data remains appropriately separate and protected from research access. It is the basis of a research Virtual Local Area Network that supports controlled onsite access by Affiliate investigators through an Imaging Center using Linux workstations and provides the robust storage and processing capabilities needed to fully leverage the research capabilities of the Siemens 3 Tesla Prisma MRI Scanner. It is uniquely compatible with the Philips Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS) that was acquired to provide the ability to separate/segregate Research DICOMS from Medical DICOMS. This platform is an integrated system that is designed and configured to work with the Prisma MRI Scanner, Philips PACS (software and hardware), Cluster Compute capability using Bright Cluster Management software, and the Disk-to-Disk (D2D) High Capacity Storage Platform (HCSP). Additionally, it is designed and configured to provide the communications, storage, and processing capabilities needed to support a widely distributed research network of Linux and iMac analytical workstations. ThunderCat/Advanced HPC have been involved with the development of the TRACTS and NeRVe research centers scientific capabilities for storing, accessing, analyzing, backing up, and networking their capabilities for the past five years. They have engineered their capabilities and designed the storage, analysis, backup, and communications capabilities currently used. In the absence of sufficient funding needed to acquire a suitable Production System, ThunderCat/AHPC helped to partition the storage space for their backup system (i.e. D2D HCSP) to provide an interim solution in order to store, access, and analyze data through the existing capabilities. They have been contracted to provide Systems Administrative Support and have unique knowledge and experience with the research centers systems and configurations. Although other vendors are capable of providing the equipment, this procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) (only one responsible source) because the Government believes that ThunderCat Technology, due to their extensive knowledge of their systems, in combination with their previous installation and maintenance of several key components of the TRACTS/ NeRVe Systems, makes them uniquely qualified as the only contractor capable of providing this support. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources that wish to identify their interest and capability to provide this equipment or equipment that is compatible must notify this Contracting Officer at millicent.covert@va.gov NLT 11:59 AM EST, Friday, September 3, 2021. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Contracting Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.