# NGA_Supercomputer_Award_with_Justification

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/hm157525c0006supercomputer

- Solicitation number: HM157525C0006_Supercomputer
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to University of Illinois Urbana for $25,790,521.00
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Nga)
- Contracting office: Natl Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (HM1575)
- NAICS: 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Product or service code: DB10 Computing delivered as a service in a public or private cloud environment, such as services for traditional mainframe computers and operations running Windows, Linux, converged infrastructure or UNIX operating systems.
- Place of performance: Urbana, Illinois
- County: Champaign County (FIPS 17019). https://abierto.us/counties/champaign-county-il-17019
- City: Urbana. https://abierto.us/cities/urbana-il-1777005
- First posted: June 16, 2025
- Last posted: June 16, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bd70496c02ab4d6482df9884c1241cea/view

## Description

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded a FFP contract for High-Performance Computing Supercomputer to the University of Illinois. The acquisition is supported by the attached justification.

As stated in FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii), full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources “in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center.” Furthermore, as set forth in FAR 6.302-3(b)(2)(iii), the use of this authority may be appropriate when it is necessary to “contract for supplies or services as are necessary incident to paragraph (b)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section.” Additionally, per the 2025-NGA-OCCL-9043 memo, “NGA’s Source Directorate plans to establish a sole-source contract directly with the University of Illinois to purchase the computer, support follow-on operations, and allow the use of the supercomputer for research, development, test and evaluation from other NGA and outside organizations.” This memo details the congressional intent when funds were provided to NGA for the purchase of a “supercomputer” that would be managed by the University of Illinois. Total value of award: $25,790,521.00 Period of Performance: 5/26/2025 - 10/31/2031

## Publications

- June 16, 2025: Award notice. Notice bd70496c02ab4d6482df9884c1241cea. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bd70496c02ab4d6482df9884c1241cea/view

## Points of contact

- Timothy Hull, timothy.j.hull@nga.mil, 3146760352
- Ryan Switzer, ryan.a.switzer@nga.mil, 3146760173

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