New York State Contract Reporter #2138979

Empire AI Consortium Secure HPC Enclave for Regulated Research Data

Empire AI Consortium, Inc is seeking proposals for a secure high-performance computing (HPC) enclave to support regulated and sensitive research data, including HIPAA-protected health information. - Government Buyer: - Empire AI Consortium, Inc (New York State entity) - OEMs and Technologies Referenced: - NVIDIA (RTX, HGX, H100, H200 GPUs, Grace CPUs) - VAST Data (storage controllers and capacity nodes) - DDN Lustre (storage hardware) - Fortinet (firewall appliances) - Juniper (MX edge routers) - SLURM, Run:ai (workload orchestration) - Products and Services Requested: - Design, supply, installation, and integration of an isolated HPC enclave - Hardware: 8 NVIDIA HGX nodes (each with 64 H200 SXM GPUs, 8 NDR 400G HCA per node), VAST Data and DDN Lustre storage, Fortinet firewalls, Juniper MX routers - Infrastructure-as-code delivery and pipeline - Continuous go-live support (1 year), optional technical support (up to 3 years), optional extended support (years 4 and 5) - Optional services: zero-standing-privilege access, de-identification tooling, expansion hardware, penetration testing, managed operations - Unique and Notable Requirements: - Multi-tenant isolation on shared infrastructure - Compliance with HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules and NIST 800-234 - Technical isolation controls across scheduling, workload namespace, network, storage, and GPU allocation - Security controls must not materially degrade GPU training, RDMA data movement, or high-IOPS storage access - Infrastructure-as-code delivery, end-to-end audit logging, per-tenant key separation, validated enforcement of isolation controls - MWBE goals: 6% MBE and 6% WBE - Bidders must provide: - Detailed design assessments, compliance matrices, technical architecture, performance figures, itemized pricing - Documentation, runbooks, operational training, and support options

Description

Empire AI Consortium, Inc is soliciting proposals for the design, supply, installation, and integration of an isolated high-performance computing enclave for regulated and sensitive research data, including protected health information (PHI) subject to HIPAA Compliance. The enclave will host multiple member institutions as independent tenants on shared physical infrastructure. The design must satisfy HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules and establish a defensible NIST 800-234 baseline with technical isolation controls, while maintaining high-performance computing capabilities without degrading GPU training, RDMA data movement, or high-IOPS storage access. The target readiness date for the first regulated workload is January 4, 2027.

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