# SCINET NOC SOC

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12314426c0015

- Solicitation number: 12314426C0015
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to Trustees of Indiana University for $14,512,763.56
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Usda, Departmental Administration
- Contracting office: Usda, Ocp-Pod-Acq-Mgmt-Branch-Ftc (123144)
- NAICS: 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- Product or service code: 7A20 Application development software delivered by perpetual license, consisting of analysis, design, development, code, test and release packages associated with application development projects.
- Place of performance: Bloomington, Indiana
- County: Monroe County (FIPS 18105). https://abierto.us/counties/monroe-county-in-18105
- City: Bloomington. https://abierto.us/cities/bloomington-in-1805860
- First posted: May 21, 2026
- Last posted: May 21, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9ee0159a89f645b9b223197c117107d4/view

## Description

Trusties of Indiana was awarded a sole source Firm Fixed Price under FAR 6.103-1 only one responsible source under FAR parts 12/15. This effort will provide the unique SOCAAS and NOCaas Support within scientific Research computing environment. The current SCINET is a high-performance computing network that supports research in agricultural sciences.

The network is designed to help researchers analyze large amounts of data and perform complex simulations, allowing them to better understand and improve crop yields, animal health, and other aspects of modern agriculture. SCINet’s infrastructure includes a variety of powerful computing resources, such as high-performance clusters and cloud-based computing services, as well as advanced software and tools for data analysis, modeling, and visualization.

This network is separate from USDA’s core network infrastructure and requires specialized security and network operations, and folds into various other networks such as internet 2 and perfSonar

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Trustees of Indiana University (UEI YH86RTW2YVJ4)
- Contract: 12314426C0015, definitive contract
- Obligated: $2,700,673.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 12314426C0015 equals the contract number; same awarding office 123144 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12314426C0015_1205_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- May 21, 2026: Award notice. Notice 9ee0159a89f645b9b223197c117107d4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9ee0159a89f645b9b223197c117107d4/view

## Points of contact

- Bryana Jordan, bryana.jordan@usda.gov

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