# Global Hardware

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/19aqmm25b0123

- Solicitation number: 19AQMM25B0123
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was March 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST
- Department: Department of State
- Contracting office: Acquisitions - Aqm Momentum (19AQMM)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: 7B22 Computing hardware and software products for servers and converged appliances, such as physical and virtual server environments, tools, operating systems (Windows, Linux, UNIX) and virtualization software.
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: February 19, 2025
- Last posted: February 28, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/722ddf5f1f66458c892cf7040831f016/view

## Description

This Request for Information (RFI) is issued as market research to determine industry’s capabilities to provide proven commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware solutions capable of delivering industry leading server and storage capabilities to be deployed globally to hundreds of sites. The solutions must provide a commercially proven platform with transferrable components to meet specific Department of State (“Department”) requirements and use cases.

The solutions must also provide leading edge capability in the return merchandise authorization (RMA) process, only include hardware that implements cryptographic modules already certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cryptographic Module Validation Program, have silicon root of trust, and meet United States Government country of origin requirements.

Solution submittals must be backable by prepurchase proof of concept builds that may be evaluated by Department personnel at vendor facilities. Additional specific capability requirements are enumerated in the attached document - Global Hardware-Request for Information Questions are due no later then Wednesday, February 26 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time Please Note - Only full responses that address the requirements will be considered. The Department will consider responses that merely include a capability statement as non-responsive. February 28, 2025 - Questions and Responses added

## Publications

- February 19, 2025: Sources sought, due March 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST. Notice 8c72f7d623e7445eaa79c4cc4a6ea073. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8c72f7d623e7445eaa79c4cc4a6ea073/view
- February 19, 2025: Sources sought, due March 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST. Notice deea7179a2bd411fbbd97e73f08dbeeb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/deea7179a2bd411fbbd97e73f08dbeeb/view
- February 28, 2025: Sources sought, due March 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST. Notice 722ddf5f1f66458c892cf7040831f016. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/722ddf5f1f66458c892cf7040831f016/view

## Points of contact

- Andrew Rothstein, RothsteinAT@state.gov

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