SAM #HR001126QE003

DARPA Solicitation for Managed High-Performance Computing Solution with NVIDIA HGX H100 GPUs for NODES Program

DARPA is seeking a managed high-performance computing (HPC) solution to support the NODES program, focused on distributed, data-driven biological discovery. - Government Buyer: - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Biological Technologies Office (BTO), Arlington, VA - OEMs and Vendors: - Primary OEM: NVIDIA (HGX H100 80GB 700W SXM5 8X GPUs) - Equivalent or better GPUs (NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, including B200 and GB200 platforms) are acceptable - Products/Services Requested: - 50 dedicated NVIDIA HGX H100 80GB 700W SXM5 8X GPUs (or equivalent) - 100 additional identical GPUs held in reserve for redundancy and surge - 1 x86 compute virtual machine - 550TB Network File System (NFS) storage - 100G dedicated internet access - Backup HGX H100 server for outages - 24/7/365 Tier 1 customer support for up to 100 users - 24/7/365 Tier 3 scientific software support, including installation and environment provisioning - Monitoring and enforcement of user allotment and allocation limits - Unique/Notable Requirements: - SOC 2 Type II security compliance - Isolated VPC deployments - No data centers in adversarial nations - Rapid hardware replacement for outages - Services must be operational by the start of the base period - Contract set aside for HUBZone and other small business categories - Place of Performance and Delivery: - DARPA Biological Technologies Office, Arlington, VA - Data centers providing the services (must comply with security/location requirements) - Period of Performance: - 5-month base period, with a 5-month option period (total up to 10 months) - The solution must support large-scale AI training, low-latency multi-GPU access, and robust security for up to 100 users.

Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking a dedicated, managed high-performance computing (HPC) solution that includes compute hardware, network-attached storage, high-speed networking, robust security controls, and comprehensive user support. The solution must meet the performance, availability, and security standards detailed herein to support the Network of Optimal Dynamic Energy Signatures (NODES) program's scientific objectives. The NODES program seeks to enable distributed, data-driven biological discovery by integrating experimental platforms, large-scale biological datasets, and advanced computational methods. NODES performers generate and analyze substantial volumes of heterogeneous biological data and rely on computational workflows to enable rapid hypothesis generation, model development, and validation across a networked ecosystem.

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