Intel Xeon W-3500 Series Tower Workstation

Background
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), located in Washington, DC, is seeking to purchase Intel Xeon W-3500 Series Tower Workstations. This procurement is part of their mission to support research and development activities. The contract aims to acquire new equipment that meets specific technical requirements and is covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

Work Details
The contract requires the procurement of Intel Xeon W-3500 Series Tower Workstations. All items must be brand name only, and remanufactured or 'gray market' items are not acceptable. The vendor must be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), an OEM authorized dealer, an authorized distributor, or an authorized reseller for the proposed equipment/system. Documentation from the manufacturer confirming authorization as a distributor for the specific items is required.

Maintenance renewals for software licenses and services must begin on or after the date of contract award and cannot be backdated.

Period of Performance
Estimated delivery time is 90 days from award.

Place of Performance
Delivery will occur at multiple locations including: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, S.W., Bldg. 49 – Shipping/Receiving, Code 3400, Washington, DC 20375; U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper Avenue, Bldg. 702, Monterey, CA 93943-5502; U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper Avenue, Stop 2, Bldg. 704, Monterey, CA 93943-5502; US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Bldg. 2406, Code 7035.2, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-5004.

Bidder Requirements
Bidders must provide documentation proving they are an authorized distributor for the specific items being procured. All equipment must be new and covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

Incumbent Analysis (see Incumbents section for more detail)
This opportunity appears to have a closely related prior contract for similar tower workstation hardware, with Freedom USA as the awardee on N0017325P0403 (10/17/24–12/30/24) valued at $41,000. That prior effort procured a custom tower workstation using an Intel Xeon W9-3495X CPU and high-end components (e.g., 1TB memory and dual PNY RTX 6000 ADA GPUs), which aligns with the current requirement to purchase Intel Xeon W-3500 Series tower workstations. The use of the same workstation form factor and Intel Xeon W-series platform suggests this procurement may be a continuation or replacement of previously supplied workstation configurations.