Official UK procurement notice
DiRAC3 (Tursa) MPP HPC System
Authority: The University of Edinburgh (Education)
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery: Scotland (UKM73)
Awarded value£11,668,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Jan 2021
Awarded to Atos IT Services UK Limited
Contract term 4 yrsends 14 Jan 2025 · starts 15 Jan 2021
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Central processing unit (CPU) or processors · Super computer
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) Lot 3B
Expansion of the original DiRAC3 MPP HPC system with an additional 64 GPU nodes plus associated racking, networking, storage and data curation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Dec 2022, 16:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Dec 2022, 16:29 GMT
- Authority reference
MT0958- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035429- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038d8dFind a Tender
Publisher note: (SC Ref:716883)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Jan 2021 → 14 Dec 2022 · 2 dates- Contract starts15 Jan 2021
- Notice published14 Dec 2022, 16:29 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £11,668,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jan 2021
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atos IT Services UK Limited | £11,668,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) Lot 3B · Atos IT Services UK Limited
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2021
- Value
- £11,668,000
- Period
- 15 Jan 2021 – 14 Jan 2025
- Status
- active
- Change Additional 64 GPU nodes to the existing DiRAC3 MPP HPC system as provided for in the original further competition Invitation to Tender reference MT0958, plus associated additional racking, networking / interconnnects, storage and data curation., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Additional funding to enhance the productivity of this shared resource for the higher education particle physics and astronomy community. As we are building onto an existing Bull Sequana XH2000 HPC system with additional Bull Sequana XH2000 blades, no other supplier's products would be compatible, and ongoing maintenance and support from two suppliers would be disproportionately technically difficult.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Atos IT Services UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.