# Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Dell Hardware

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/000hcrge202699649

- Solicitation number: 000HCRGE-2026-99649
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Contracting office: CDC Office of Acquisition Services (75D301)
- NAICS: 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services
- Product or service code: DB02 Computing support services for physical and virtual servers operating stand-alone, virtually, or in public/private cloud environments. Includes support services for traditional mainframe computers and operations running legacy operating systems.
- Place of performance: Atlanta, Georgia
- First posted: July 29, 2026
- Last posted: July 29, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2fac78e8879e43349ed8fa5ffa75721d/view

## Description

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to contractor’s name for description of product/service. Insert the capability required that makes it a sole source. This contract action is for supplies and/or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (SAP).

See note below This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within insert number of days of the issuance of this notice shall be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Any quotation/response should be emailed to contract specialist at Peter Loree, zus0@cdc.gov by 5 August 2026 by 10:00AM EST. “All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.” The Centers for Disease Control's Office of Advanced Molecular Detection manages the agency's High Performance Computing Center of Excellence, which includes extensive computing, network and storage resources to support CDC's scientific and public health mission.

These high-performance computing resources are used by the majority of CDC's infectious disease programs for pathogen surveillance, outbreak investigations and applied public health research. The Centers for Disease Control's Office of Advanced Molecular Detection manages the agency's High Performance Computing Center of Excellence, which includes extensive computing, network and storage resources to support CDC's scientific and public health mission.

These high-performance computing resources are used by the majority of CDC's infectious disease programs for pathogen surveillance, outbreak investigations and applied public health research. The core infrastructure for this environment includes a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, which had Dell components that require extended warranty support for base plus two option years according to the commercial Dell extended warranty support.

**Attachments:** Solicitation 75D30126-Q-79090 Equipment List Sole Source Justification

## Publications

- July 29, 2026: Special notice, due August 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice 2fac78e8879e43349ed8fa5ffa75721d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2fac78e8879e43349ed8fa5ffa75721d/view

## Points of contact

- Peter Loree, zus0@cdc.gov

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