AJ11--Mercury GPU424 4U Servers

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 to purchase Mercury GPU servers for VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Division. Acquisition of this equipment is in continued development of the capabilities for analytical support for research and clinical requirements to process high numbers of data sets using complex statistical analysis. Although the servers may be obtained through other vendors, ThunderCat Technology has unique history and knowledge of the current capabilities due to extensive involvement and development of the TRACTS/NeRVe Center s scientific capabilities for storage, access, analysis, back up, and networking over the past five years. The following equipment will be purchased: ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT 0001 Mercury GPU424 4U Server: Two (2) EPYC 7532 2.4GHz Thirty-Two-Core 200W

Processor1024GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (16x 64GB Sticks) One (1) 1TB SSD (OS) Eight (8) NVIDIA A100 Ampere 40GB PCIe 4.0 Dual Slot PassiveCooling Graphics Card Twelve (12) NVLINK Bridges Two (2) ConnectX-5 EX VPI Adapter Card EDR IB and 100GbEDual-Port QSFP28 PCIe4.0 x16 Tall Bracket ROHS Two (2) Mellanoxr Passive Copper Cable IB EDR up to 100Gb/sQSFP28, 1.5 meter Black 30AWG Two (2) Mellanoxr Passive Copper Cable, VPI, Up to 100Gb/s,QSFP, LSZH, 2 meter One (1) 1U Height Top Cover One (1) Quobyte Cliente Software Installed and testedSupports up to Ten Double-Width GPUs Direct Connect for Maximum Performance Dual AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processors 8TB Registered ECC DDR4 3200MHz SDRAM in Thirty-Two DIMMs Eight (8) PCI-E 4.0 x16 + Three PCI-E 4.0 x8 Slots (Option: Ten PCI-E 4.0 x16 Slots; Depends on NVMe Devices) Up to Twenty-Four Hot-Swap 2.5 Inch Drive Bays Four 2.5 Inch SATA Drives and Four 2.5 Inch NVMe Drives Supported with Included H/W* (*Depends on PCI-E Quantity Based on #3) Two (2) GbE LAN Ports (Rear) Eight (8) Hot-Swap 11.5K RPM Cooling Fans2000W (2+2) Redundant Titanium Level Power Supplies(Full Redundancy Based on Configuration and Application Load) Four (4) 3ft IEC C14 to C19 14/3 SJT Power Cord Three-Year Standard Warranty on Parts and Labor Return-to-Depot Parts Replacement Toll-Free Phone/Email Support Help Desk Available Mon-Fri 8am -5pm PST Excludes Battery Backup Modules which are Covered by the Manufacturer's Warranty LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: AH-GPU424-SA01 3.00 EA This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who 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 Tuesday, September 21, 2021 by 11:59 AM EST. 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.