INFRASTRUCTURE & COMPUTE SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT NEW COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS.

INVITATION FOR BIDS
OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES
1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS
a. Sealed bids will be received in the Office of Procurement Services, Mississippi State
University, for the purchase of the items listed herein.
b. All bids must be received in the Office of Procurement Services on or before the bid
opening time and date listed herein. Delivery of bids must be during normal working
hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST, except on weekends and holidays when no
delivery is possible.
c. Bidders shall submit their bids either electronically, in Bully Buy, or in a sealed
envelope. Bids CANNOT be emailed
a. Sealed bids should include the bid number on the face of the envelope as well as
the bidders' name and address. Bids should be mailed to : 405 Garrard Road E,
Starkville, MS 39759.
d. All questions regarding this bid should be directed to the Office of Procurement
Services at 662-325-2550.
2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
a. All bids should be bid "FOB Destination"
b. Bidders must comply with all rules, regulations, and statutes relating to purchasing
in the State of Mississippi, in addition to the requirements on this form. General Bid
Terms and Conditions can be found here:
https://www.procurement.msstate.edu/procurement/bids/Bid_General_Terms_Ma
y_2019_V2.pdf
c. Any contract resulting from this Invitation for Bid shall be in substantial compliance
with Mississippi State University's Standard Contract Addendum:
https://www.contracts.msstate.edu/resurces/standard-forms
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Bid Number: MSU2026060
Opening Date: Wednesday April 1, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
Description: Infrastructure & Compute systems to support new
computational systems
Vendor Name: ______________________________________________________
Vendor Address: _____________________________________________________
Telephone Number: __________________________________________________
Email Address: ______________________________________________________
Days the Offer is Firm: ________________________________________________
Authorized Signature: ________________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________________________
Title: ______________________________________________________________
Item Quantity Description Unit Price Total Price
Networking
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2 Service Nodes
TOTAL
The Mississippi State University High Performance Computing Collaboratory request bids for
infrastructure and compute systems to support new computational systems.
Pricing shall be per line item. MSU may purchase zero or multiple quantities for each line item.
Line Item 1: Networking
The network racks shall house the equipment for support of an infiniband network spine as well
as the aggregate and management network.
All cables of appropriate length, size and types shall be included. This includes but not limited
to power and network.
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All components shall be mounted in the racks.
All rackmount rails/kits and required hardware shall be provided.
All components must have redundant power supplies connected to redundant rPDUs.
All power supply and fan airflow must be of appropriate direction.
All components shall have a 5 year warranty, 8x5, NBD
It shall consist of the minimum components:
Network Aggregation/Management:
Qty 1 Rack - 52U, White, 6in set back, 750mm x 1200mm w/ Front, Rear door, side panels
Qty 2 Rack PDU - 208 volt, 60A 3phase, PDU metered, networked for monitoring, hybrid
C13/C19 outlets
Qty 1 Switch - Network switch for aggregation. 48x25GbE SFP28, 4x100GbE QSFP28, 2x100GbE
QSFP-DD, managed, PSU to IO air flow, 2xPSU, rack rails
Qty 2 Optics - QSFP28 100GbE LR SMF LC for connection to network backbone
Qty 1 Switch - Network switch for management. 48x1GbE BaseT, 4x10G SFP+, 2x100G QSFP28,
managed, PSU to IO air flow, 2xPSU, rack rails
Qty 1 Network Cables - 100GbE QSFP28 passive copper DAC 0.5 meter
Qty 8 Network Cables - CAT 6, white 10 feet
Infiniband:
Qty 1 Rack - 52U, White, 6in set back, 750mm x 1200mm w/ Front, Rear door, side panels
Qty 2 Rack PDU - 208 volt, 60A 3phase, PDU metered, networked for monitoring, hybrid
C13/C19 outlets
Qty 4 Switch - IB switch NDR, 64x400G ports via 32 ports, 2xPSU, Unmanaged, PSU to IO
airflow, rack rails
Qty 1 Optics - IB twin port XCVR,800GbE,2x400,O112, 2xMPO12 APC,850nm MMF,to 50m,
finned for switches
Qty 1 Cables IB - InfiniBand NDR OSFP to 2xOSFP 3m Splitter Direct Attach Copper Cable
Line Item 2: Service Nodes
The service rack shall house all components to support the clusters such as service/login nodes
and file storage system for homes and apps.
All cables of appropriate length, size and types shall be included. This includes but not limited
to power and network.
All components shall be mounted in the racks.
All rackmount rails/kits and required hardware shall be provided.
All components must have redundant power supplies connected to different rPDUs.
All power supply and fan airflow must be of appropriate direction.
All components shall have a 5 year warranty, 8x5, NBD
It shall consist of the minimum components.
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Service:
Qty 1 Rack - 52U, White, 6in set back, 750mm x 1200mm w/ Front, Rear door, side panels
Qty 2 Rack PDU - 208 volt, 60A 3phase, PDU metered, networked for monitoring, hybrid
C13/C19 outlets
Qty 1 Switch - TOR Switch - 48x25GbE SFP28, 4x100GbE QSFP28, 2x100GbE QSFP-DD, managed,
PSU to IO air flow, 2xPSU, rack rails
Qty 1 Network Cables - 100GbE QSFP28 passive copper DAC 3 meter
Qty 12 Network Cables - SFP28 to SFP28, 25GbE, Passive Copper Twinax DAC, 3 Meter
Qty 1 Switch - Network switch for management. 48x1GbE BaseT, 4x10G SFP+, 2x100G QSFP28,
managed, PSU to IO air flow, 2xPSU, rack rails
Qty 1 Network Cables - 100GbE QSFP28 passive copper DAC 0.5 meter
Qty 14 Network Cables - CAT 6, white 10 feet
Qty 1 Switch - IB switch NDR, 64x400G ports via 32 ports, 2xPSU, Unmanaged, PSU to IO
airflow, rack rails
Qty 16 Optics - IB twin port XCVR,800GbE,2x400,O112, 2xMPO12 APC,850nm MMF,to 50m,
finned for switches
Qty 16 Cables - Passive Fiber Cable, MMF , MPO12 APC to MPO12 APC, 15m
Qty 12 Cables IB - InfiniBand NDR OSFP to 2xOSFP 3m Splitter Direct Attach Copper Cable
Qty 12 Service Nodes - minimum specifications to include
chassis: 1U supporting up to 16 E3.S NVMe Drives
processor: 2x, 32 core/64 thread, Base Clock 3GHz, Max Boost Clock 4.4GHz, All Core Boost
4GHz, 128MB L3 Cache, TPD 200-240W, 12 memory channels per socket
memory: 768GB
disk: 4x 1.6TB Data Center NVMe mixed use, configured in two hardware raid mirrors
raid controller: support hardware raid for nvme drives RAID levels 0,1,5,6,10
network: Dual port 25GbE SFP28 adapter
network: Singe Port NDR/400GbE OSFP Adapter
power: dual fault tolerant power supplies supporting 100-240 volt
front kvm support
management: must support remote kvm, remote configuration, firmware updates, monitoring,
configurable alerts by email, snmp, redfish, etc..., must support power
monitoring/consumption. Any licenses required must be perpetual. Firmware updates must be
supplied without additional costs for the life of the system. Provide software and any perpetual
licenses for automating/managing firmware updates.
Pricing, Delivery, and Installation:
* Pricing shall be valid for 90 days post bid opening date. If unable to provide 90 day pricing,
you must show exactly how your price will increase, either by fixed percentage over a specific
time period (i.e. cost would raise 1% every week after the bid date) or you must tie your cost
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increase to a nationally published industry-wide or nationally published and recognized cost
index.
* All shipping, delivery, installation, and configuration costs shall be included.
* Estimated delivery times shall be included.
General:
* All compute systems shall run Rocky 9.x linux operating system.
* All Rack power shall be bottom fed
* All Rack cooling shall be bottom fed
* All equipment must be new, sold by authorized vendors of the manufacturers and include
original manufacturer's warranty
* Vendors should have credible experience with large scale high performance systems
* Vendor must provide up to three references upon request of customers using these or similar
products of the manufacturer.
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