Specialized Computer Hardware, for Portfolio Capability Executive (PAE) Firesview on SAM.gov

Purpose of Amendment 01: Post Question & Answer (Q&A) Submission date remains unchanged of 30 June 2026, 1500 Central Standard Time SYNOPSIS The US Army is conducting market research to identify Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) hardware solutions that support requirements for an immediate need of Specialized Computer Hardware (SCH). The desired SCH would have the capacity to serve multiple critical missions. The SCH will host, process, and execute a range of applications which can result in intense workloads. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED FOR THIS INFORMATION. The submitted documentation, upon delivery, becomes the property of the U.S. Government. Submissions will not be returned Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.2, this notice is being issued as a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not an offer and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No contract award is intended to result from this request. The Government will use responses to this RFI to determine industry interest and capability. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal or a promise to issue a Request for Proposal in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The Government point of contact is Leigh Kellstrom, US Army Contracting Command-Redstone, Attn: CCAM-MSC-B, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898, and can be contacted via email only, leigh.t.kellstrom.civ@army.mil. SPECIALIZED COMPUTER HARDWARE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS Respondents replying to this RFI will address how their solution meets the following minimum performance requirements for the SCH in their response. At a minimum, the SCH shall: Be of 1U form factor system in 19” rack. Have a removable/replaceable power supply with the following minimum available options: 100/240V VAC (60/50 Hz) 10-36 VDC, 32 Amp Have 1 or more enterprise-class x86 processors (e.g. Intel Scalable or AMD EPYC) totaling 40 or more cores. Have 128 GB or more of DDR4 (or faster) Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory per socket, for a total of at least 256 GB. (Note: if the memory is shared between the sockets, the minimum acceptable total is 192 GB.) Have at least 1 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 3.0x16 or better interface capable of holding a discrete graphics card. Have at least 1 removable Gen3 SATA or faster solid-state drive (SSD) or PCIe 3.0 or faster NVMe SSD. Acknowledge compliance with the following environmental/shock/power standards and declare all variations from these standards: MIL-STD-901D Grade A, IEC 60068-2-27 (Shock). MIL-STD-167-1, MIL-STD-810G, IEC 60068-2-64 (Vibration). MIL-STD-1474E (Airborne Noise). MIL-STD-740-2 (Structure Borne Vibration). MIL-STD-461F, CE102 (EMI/RFI). IEC 60068-2-2 t…