Published date: 12 January 2023

Last edited date: 13 January 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 January 2023, 3:30pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Computer equipment and supplies - 30200000

  • Computer storage units - 30233100

  • Miscellaneous computer equipment - 30236000

    • Multimedia networks - 32417000

    • Network servers - 48821000

Location of contract

W1T 1LN

Value of contract

£0 to £45,000

Procurement reference

IT-190-358-2023/317

Published date

12 January 2023

Closing date

17 January 2023

Closing time

3:30pm

Contract start date

18 January 2023

Contract end date

18 January 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The BFI National Archive is developing UHD HDR workflows alongside existing 4K Digital Cinema workflows, and we require two Supermicro workstations to high spec, to support these new audio visual workflows, to enable validation and quality control of data acquired into the UK's national moving image collection.

We would kindly ask you to submit your bids, for the following combined solution:

Supermicro A(plus) SuperWorkstation 5014A-TT with AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000WX or 5000WX compatible motherboard
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000WX or 5000WX series CPU - Minimum 32Core/64Thread 3.5G
System disk with Microsoft Windows11 OS. (Minimum 2TB)
Minimum of 128GB Supermicro approved 288-Pin DDR4 3200 Server Memory
2 x NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB GPU PCie Graphics Card
Aja Kona 5 8-lane PCIe 3.0 I/O card
4x NVMe m.2 (minimum 4x 2TB)
16TB of Supermicro approved NVMe Pcie4x4 SSD drive optimised for fast read access (see eg below) (1DWPD with sustained read speeds 5000MB/s)
Supermicro SNK-P0066AP4 Heat sink
3 x 120x120x25 mm, 6.4K RPM Additional Cooling Fans for GS7 chassis
GS7 6U Rail Conversion Kit for rack mount and 26.5 inches to 36.4 inches Rail set.
Minimum 3 Years (Return to Base) warranty
Price inclusive of server build, test and delivery

eg Kioxia CD6-R KCD6XLUL15T3 15.36TB or similar

Please include delivery and installation in your bid, with installation being in the BFI National Archive Conservation Centre, Kingshill Way, Berkhamsted, HP4

More information

Links

Additional text

To take part in this tender, please visit our website, at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bfi/aspx/Tenders/Current , where you will need to register, if you haven't already, and express an interest in this opportunity to access the relevant documents. Please note expressions of interest will only be accepted via the portal.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Graham Bellas

Address

BFI
21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
United Kingdom

Telephone

0207 173 3299

Email

graham.bellas@bfi.org.uk

Website

www.bfi.org.uk