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Procurement of HP ZBook Fury G1i Workstations and 5-Year Warranty for Cyber Operations

This opportunity involves the Department of Defense's Combat Capabilities Development Command (DevCom), Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC), seeking advanced HP notebook hardware for cyber threat detection and remediation. - Government Buyer: - Department of Defense - Combat Capabilities Development Command (DevCom), Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC) - Office: CCAM-MZB-B - OEM Highlight: - Hewlett Packard (HP) is the sole Original Equipment Manufacturer specified - Vendors: - Better Direct, LLC (awardee) - Products Requested: - 8 HP ZBook Fury G1i 18-inch mobile workstations - Part number: HP ZBook Fury G1i - Configured with NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 135W (24 GB VRAM) GPU - 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SED OPAL2 TLC SSD - Intended for use as Vulnerability Investigation, Penetration, and Exploitation Repository (VIPER) kits - 8 units of 5-Year CONUS Next Business Day Warranty with Defective Media Retention - Part number: 5YR CONUS HP NB Supp NBD B1Y w/DMR - Provides nationwide hardware support and defective media retention - Unique Requirements: - Brand name, sole source acquisition for HP hardware - Workstations must support advanced cyber threat detection and remediation - 5-year warranty aligns with operational lifecycle and includes defective media retention for security - Notable Technical Details: - High-performance GPUs and large SSDs for demanding cyber operations - Replacement of obsolete fleet to maintain mission readiness

Description

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.505(a)(4)(iii), this notice serves as the public posting of the approved Brand Name Justification for an order executed under the Department of the Army Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) contract vehicle.

1. Contracting Activity: Army Contracting Command – Redstone Arsenal

2. Requirement: Hewlett Packard Notebooks Hardware

3. Order Number: W9124P-26-F-A642

4. Awardee: Better Direct, LLC

5. Value: $88,240.00

The Brand Name Justification was reviewed and approved prior to solicitation issuance in accordance with agency policy and FAR 16.505(a)(4). The attached justification document is posted to fulfill public transparency requirements.

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