High Performance Computing System for DTU Physics (Niflheim)

Beskrivelse af udbuddet

DTU’s Department of Physics invites tenders for a Linux cluster High Performance Computer system to be used for floating-point intensive numerical simulations using the researchers’ own developed computer codes as well as commercial codes. The main scientific research focus is on studies of materials and materials design at the atomic scale using quantum-mechanical calculations. The primary quantum-mechanical codes employed are GPAW, VASP and ADF.
Tenderers should offer very fast processors and compute nodes for such CPU-intensive applications. The compute nodes must be air cooled and have a 1U form factor. Floor space for a row of up to four (4) 42U/60 cm racks will be made available in an existing server room. The terms server and compute node are used interchangeably in this document to designate a single server computer unit.
The cluster must have a High performance and low latency 100 Gbit/s network fabric, in addition to 1 Gbit/s Ethernet networks. Pre-existing storage servers use NFS over ethernet.
The available power will be 25 kW per rack, and therefore each rack should contain at most 32 compute nodes in addition to the network equipment.
The system must be interoperable with a pre-existing Linux cluster named Niflheim whose configuration is described in the web page https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/niflheim/Hardware
The total contract value is fixed at DKK 5 million (DKK 5 000 000). The contract value is inclusive of customs, duties and all expenses on the part of the contractor but exclusive of VAT. The contract value comprises the tenderer’s fixed price products and services (elements/product types/equipment/services) until the products/services are delivered, installed, tested and put into operation. Tenderers therefore should offer the best high performance computer system within the fixed contract value.

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Deadlines for lodging complaints
Complaint regarding a decision on pre-qualification:
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Complaint regarding the award of contract:
Complaint regarding the award of contract must be submitted no later than 45 calendar days from the date after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the European Union Official Journal informing that the contracting authority has awarded the contract, cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in Danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, section 2, subsection 1.
Complaint regarding the award of a contract under a framework agreement with a reopening of the competition:
Complaint regarding the award of a contract under a framework agreement with a reopening of the competition, shall be submitted no later than 30 calendar days form the date after the contracting authority has notified the concerned tenderers that a contract has been awarded, if the notification includes the grounds for the decision, cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in Danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, section 2, subsection 2.
Complaint regarding the award of a framework agreement:
Complaint regarding the award of a framework agreement must be submitted no later than 6 months from the date after the Contracting authority have notified the concerned candidates and tenderers that award of contract has happened, cf. Law regarding the Complaints board (in Danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, section 2, subsection 3.
Complaint regarding direct award of contract:
Complaint regarding the contracting authority’s award of contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the European Union Official Journal must be submitted no later than 30 calendar days from the date after a contract award notice has been published by the contracting authority in the European Union Official Journal and that contract award notice includes the grounds for the decision to award the contract directly, cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in Danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, section 3.
Compliant regarding public procurements below the EU threshold:
Complaint regarding public procurements below the EU threshold must be submitted no later than 45 calendar days from the date after the contracting authority has notified the tenderers about the award of contract if this notification includes the grounds for the decision and no later than 6 months after the date where the contracting authority has notified the candidates and tenderers about that award of a framework agreement, if the notification includes the grounds for the decision, cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in Danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, section 4, subsections 1 and 2. Compliant regarding a decision on pre-qualification on procurement below the EU threshold must be submitted no later than 20 calendar days from the date after the contracting authority has sent a notification to the concerned candidates regarding who has been selected and this notification includes the grounds for the decision, cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in Danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, section 5).