UKSBS PR17125 ARCHER 2 Hardware

Tender description

Please see II.2.4 for full information. Summary: UKRI — EPSRC, as managing agent for the national HPC facility on behalf of the other Research Councils, is tendering contracts for 3 elements of the ARCHER2 facility; the hardware (to be based in Edinburgh); the service provision which manages academic access to the facility and the helpdesk; and the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) support which provides software development and training and support to users of the facility to enable their codes to run as effectively as possible. The hardware element of the ARCHER2 service will provide the compute resource, maintenance and support including storage and network connectivity to provide enhanced provision of HPC hardware for academic scientific research. Estimated value of opportunity — 48 000 000 GBP including VAT and all applicable duties and taxes for years 1-4, plus optional year 5 maintenance and support (est. 2 400 000 GBP inc. VAT). Net Values: 40 000 000 GBP years 1-4, 2 000 000 GBP optional year 5.