Computer servers
University College Dublin
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Supply of a high performance computing cluster. The School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering wishes to purchase a HPC cluster composed of a number of blade servers (with indicative numbers specified hereinafter). It is to be 4X Infiniband-enabled, with each node consisting of 2 to 4 multicore x86_64 CPU's. Each node should be equipped with 16 GB RAM, with the option to extend this to 32 GB in the future for selected blades. Additional supporting items related to mass storage, service, security, hosting and training, are detailed in section E. Quotations are sought also for specialised processors for scientific computation, based on FPGA and SIMD GPU architectures. There are five (5) separate lots in this document. Bidders may bid for 1 or more. The full specification is available in Section E of the 'Invitation to Tender' document, which is attached to the contract notice at www.etenders.gov.ie.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2008-03-18. The procurement was published on 2008-02-08.
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| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2008-02-06 | Contract notice |
| 2008-10-24 | Contract award notice |
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Computer servers
Full text:
“Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Supply of a high performance computing cluster. The School of Electrical, Electronic and...”
Place of performance
Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Regulation: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
Original language: English 🗣️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Type of bid: Global or partial tender
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Main activity: Education
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: University College Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ucd.ie 🌏
Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2008-02-08 📅
Date received: 2008-02-06 📅
Date dispatched: 2008-02-06 📅
Submission deadline: 2008-03-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number (legacy): 36298-2008
OJ-S issue: 27/2008
Object
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Computer equipment and supplies 📦
Code: Workstations 📦
Code: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Source: OJS 2008/S 027-036298 (2008-02-06)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award
Procedure
Procedure type: Contract awards
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2008-10-29 📅
Date received: 2008-10-24 📅
Date dispatched: 2008-10-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number (legacy): 278625-2008
OJ-S issue: 210/2008
Refers to notice: 36298-2008
Object
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Computer servers 📦
Award details
Awarded contract: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED: IBM Ireland Ltd, Dublin, IRL-. Encom Systems Limited, Dublin, IRL-.
Source: OJS 2008/S 210-278625 (2008-10-24)