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

UK-Swindon: Computer equipment and supplies.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       UK Research & Innovation
       Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1235446553, Email: procurement@stfc.ac.uk
       Contact: STFC Procurement
       Main Address: https://www.ukri.org
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:    
   Other activity: Research and Innovation

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: UKRI-2341 High Performance Computer (HPC) System for the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation    
          Reference number: UKRI-2341
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES
   II.1.4) Short 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.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 16,666,666 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      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.    
   II.2.14) 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.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         31/03/2023
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   To view this notice, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=744055089
GO-2023126-PRO-21983889 TKR-2023126-PRO-21983888        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 26/01/2023