UKRI-2341 High Performance Computer (HPC) System for the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation

Tender description

The Hartree Centre will soon be tendering for an accelerated HPC system, software, maintenance & support, and associated electrical and cooling installation works. The system will support the Hartree Centre's HPC and AI workloads as well as providing a stepping-stone for its exascale ambitions, and be delivered into a newly built data centre in 2024. The total budget for this project is £20m inclusive of VAT. Lot 1: This PIN is to advise the market of this upcoming procurement and to provide an update following the previous communications on this project via notice with reference: 2022/S 000-022928. Following market engagement, the intention is to delay the launch of this tender with our current intention to publish a Contract Notice in March/April 2023 inviting bids back in June. We have created an area within UKRI's e-Sourcing Portal to share documentation with the market and to garner feedback and take any questions prior to the tender launch. You can access this area by following this link: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/83K5AKD53R If you experience any technical difficulties accessing the above url, then please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0800 923 9236 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com. Once you have logged onto Delta, please go to the documents session. There you will find a timeline update and a questionnaire for completion as part of our pre-market engagement. Please complete this by Wednesday 1st February 2023 at 2pm. Additional information: This is not a Call for Competition. A Contract Notice will be issued as a call for competition. Not registering an interest shall not prevent any supplier participating in a future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.