Published date: 5 June 2020

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: 19 June 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Servers - 48820000

Location of contract

NR14 7JT

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PURCON893

Published date

5 June 2020

Closing date

19 June 2020

Contract start date

31 July 2020

Contract end date

30 July 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Tender for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and provide training with respect to the following equipment: A data analysis and storage platform capable of receiving, storing and processing the data in a microscopy core facility containing seven multi-user microscopes and four off-line analysis workstations (all connected via a 10 GB/s network). It should be able to cope with the challenging data rates of modern fluorescence microscopes, including a fast-scanning confocal with super resolution capabilities (Zeiss LSM980 with Airyscan 2) and two widefield, live-cell imaging systems with fast, sCMOS cameras. The system should provide fast (and safe) data transfer within the limits of the existing network infrastructure; fast data storage; enable efficient image processing and visualization (with third-party software packages); allow simple project and user administration; have a secure remote login for safe data access in national or international research collaborations, and operate under a Windows user interface that requires only minimal IT knowledge. The system should have a single or multiple CPUs with at least 36 cores and a minimum of 512 GB RAM, a high-end graphics card (≥16 GB VRAM), a 10 GB network module, and a storage capacity of 80 TB or more. The machine should have proven capability to run a variety of commercial and open-source imaging software; e.g., Huygens Pro, Imaris, Arivis Vison 4D, Aivia, Fiji/ImageJ, Ilastik, and OMERO.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Steve Whitehead

Address

University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich
NR14 7JT
United Kingdom

Telephone

01603 592402

Email

s.whitehead@uea.ac.uk

Website

https://www.uea.ac.uk/biological-sciences/research/facilities/henry-wellcome-lab