Published date: 2 August 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 24 June 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Maintenance and repair of computer equipment - 50312000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£124,340.21

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN617734-99499324

Published date

2 August 2022

Closing date

24 June 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 August 2022

Contract end date

31 July 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Newcastle University's current institution wide bespoke HPC service 'Rocket' was launched in 2017. It is available to all staff and students whose computational problems are too large, long or numerous to be easily accommodated on even our most powerful single desktop machine.\r
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Rocket is a collection of 'nodes' in a range of 'sizes', but collectively represents over 5000 processor 'cores', offers a range of memory sizes and access to over 500 terabytes (TB) of dedicated storage and is managed and supported by the University's IT Service.\r
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The five-year maintenance agreement for Rocket expires on 31st July 2022 and the University is therefore looking to purchase a two-year extended service agreement to ensure that Rocket is support whilst the University plans for our future HPC requirements.\r
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This is a further competition to those suppliers be explored via SSSNA - Lot 4 - Reseller Led Solutions including HPC

Award information

Awarded date

4 July 2022

Contract start date

1 August 2022

Contract end date

31 July 2024

Total value of contract

£120,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

OCF plc

Address

5 Rotunda Business Centre, Thorncliffe Park, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 2PG,

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Dave Anderson

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
England

Telephone

+44 1912085360

Email

dave.anderson@ncl.ac.uk