Project Information

Bid Title

Hardware and Software Maintenance for Existing DDN Exascaler Storage System

Issuing Agency

Mississippi State University

Location

Mississippi

Published Date

Feb 6, 2026

Closing Date

Feb 26, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

Bid MSU2025043

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Submission Deadline Thu February 26th, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Bid MSU2025043

Hardware and Software Maintenance for Existing DDN Exascaler Storage System

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INVITATION FOR BIDS

OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT & CONTRACTS

1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS

a. Sealed bids will be received in the Office of Procurement & Contracts, Mississippi

State University, for the purchase of the items listed herein.

b. All bids must be received in the Office of Procurement & Contracts 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 &

Contracts at 662-325-2550.

2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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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

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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.procurement.msstate.edu/contracts/standardaddendum.pdf

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Bid Number: MSU2025043

Opening Date: February 26, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Description: Hardware and Software maintenance for existing DDN

EXAScaler storage system

Vendor Name: ______________________________________________________

Vendor Address: _____________________________________________________

Telephone Number: __________________________________________________

Email Address: ______________________________________________________

Days the Offer is Firm: ________________________________________________

Authorized Signature: ________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________________________________

Title: ______________________________________________________________

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Quantity

Description

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Hardware and Software maintenance for existing DDN

EXAScaler storage system 1

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Hardware and Software maintenance for existing DDN

EXAScaler storage system 2

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Hardware and Software maintenance for existing DDN

EXAScaler storage system 3

Unit Price Total Price

The Mississippi State University High Performance Computing Collaboratory request bids for Hardware

and Software maintenance and support for existing DDN EXAScaler storage systems as described below.

System 1: hardware and software support period January 15, 2026 - June 30, 2027

Hardware Support: Basic Parts Only Support; Customer Self-Maintenance; storage systems, storage

servers, disk drives and accessories; 7x24 remote support; no onsite labor; customer replace CRU and

FRU; parts onsite NBD

Software Support: Premium Support Subscription; EXAScaler Software;per OSS or MDS, VM or physical

server; SLO based on underlying (BSPO, BSOS or PROS) hardware system support

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Storage Systems Components

PRODUCT

QTY DESCRIPTION

ES400NVX2-NDR200 1 EXAScaler 400NVX2 Appliance with 24x NVMe slots, 8x NDR200 / 200GbE

QSFP112 ports, 2x PSUs w/cables, rail kit; requires 4 VM EXAScaler support purchased separately

S0G10768N24EPP4 12 7.68TB 1 DWPD NVMe G5 4K SSD drive module for 400NVX2 system; SED

capable

System 2: hardware and software support period January 15, 2026 - June 30, 2027

Hardware Support: Legacy6 Basic Parts Only Support; Customer Self-Maintenance; storage systems,

storage servers, disk drives and accessories; 7x24 remote support; no onsite labor; customer replace

CRU and FRU; parts onsite NBD

Software Support: Premium Support Subscription; EXAScaler Software;per OSS or MDS, VM or physical

server; SLO based on underlying (BSPO, BSOS or PROS) hardware system support

Storage Systems Components

PRODUCT

QTY DESCRIPTION

ES18KX-R-HDR100 1 EXAScaler 18KX appliance with 72x 2.5" drive slots, 16x HDR100 IB / 100GbE

ports, power cables and rack mount kit; requires EXAScaler support purchased separately

SS9012-SBOD 16 SS9012 90-slot enclosure. Includes 2x SAS-3 I/O modules, 4x power supplies, 4x

power cables, rack mount kit and cable management arms

H09C1800234EH33 1440 18TB 7.2K RPM 12Gb/s SAS SED capable 4K HDD drive module for SS9012

enclosure

CBL-SAS12-MSHD-O-4 12 12Gb/s SAS Active Optical Cable, mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS HD, 4m

CBL-SAS12-MSHD-O-7 20 12Gb/s SAS Active Optical Cable, mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS HD, 7m

RK42D

2 42U 1200mm deep rack, no PDUs

PDU-30-M-3P-AP 4 60A 208V (nominal) three phase metered PDU with IEC309 3P+G Delta input

connector; outlets:

System 3: hardware and software support period March 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

Hardware Support: Legacy Support for DDN systems post EOSL; Remote technical support response,

onsite replacement parts on a reasonable commercial effort basis; no onsite labor

Software Support: Post-EOSL Support Subscription; EXAScaler Software; per OSS; commercially

reasonable effort response

Storage Systems Components

PRODUCT

QTY DESCRIPTION

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ES18K-EDR

1 EXAScaler 18K appliance with 72x 2.5" drive slots, 16x EDR IB / 100GbE ports,

power cables and rack mount kit; 4 OSS EXAScaler Premium 1 year software support

SS9012-SBOD 16 SS9012 90-slot enclosure. Includes 2x SAS-3 I/O modules, 4x power supplies, 4x

power cables, rack mount kit and cable management arms

CBL-HMSHMS12O-4 10 12Gb/s HD mSAS to HD mSAS Optical cable, 4m

CBL-HMSHMS12O-7 22 12Gb/s HD mSAS to HD mSAS Optical cable, 7m

MEM-32G-SKY

6 Two 16GB 2666MHz RDIMMs for Skylake based servers.

CARD100IBGE-CX5 2 ConnectX-5 VPI adapter card, dual-port QSFP, EDR IB (100Gb/s) / 100GigE, PCIe

3.0 x16 8GT/s, tall bracket

HAFC-QL2672

2 QLogic QLE2672 16 Gb/s FC dual-port low profile PCIe Gen 3 HBA, ships with SR

optical transceivers installed

CR-LC-LC-3

2 LC-LC FC cable optical to storage, 3m

SFA7990-FC16 1 SFA7990 Active/Active Block Appliance with 90x drive slots, 8x FC16 ports (SR,

Dual LC), power cables and rack mount kit

H09C1000234EH22 1296 10TB 7.2K RPM 12Gb/s SAS SED 4Kn HDD drive module for SS9012

enclosure

S09R0384224EH28 12 3.84TB 1 DWPD 12Gb/s SAS SED 4Kn SSD drive module for SS9012 enclosure

RK42D

2 42U 1200mm deep rack, no PDUs

PDU-30-M-3P-AP 4 60A 208V (nominal) three phase metered PDU with IEC309 3P+G Delta input

connector; outlets: 30x C13; max continuous draw of 17.2 kVA@208V; for NA (typ)

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 511210Software Publishers
• NAICS 541511Custom Computer Programming Services
• NAICS 541512Computer Systems Design Services
• NAICS 541519Other Computer Related Services

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