IT2821C - RFT for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of an Accelerated Computing solution (Brain Health) for Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

In summary, Tenderers are sought for the Supply of a GPU-based compute and a secure storage resource for Trinity College. The primary logical components of the resource are a multi-GPU AI/ML focused compute resource, and attached high performance storage, with full CUDA compatibility. The key aspects of the storage are …

CPV: 30210000 Máquinas procesadoras de datos (hardware), 30236200 Procesador de datos, 32580000 Equipo de datos, 32581000 Equipo de comunicación de datos, 32260000 Equipo de transmisión de datos
Lugar de ejecución:
IT2821C - RFT for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of an Accelerated Computing solution (Brain Health) for Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Organismo adjudicador:
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Número de premio:
0

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority : Education

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : IT2821C - RFT for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of an Accelerated Computing solution (Brain Health) for Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Description : In summary, Tenderers are sought for the Supply of a GPU-based compute and a secure storage resource for Trinity College. The primary logical components of the resource are a multi-GPU AI/ML focused compute resource, and attached high performance storage, with full CUDA compatibility. The key aspects of the storage are (i) a high-performance shared storage component to support AI/ML on the GPU Nodes and (ii) a secure bulk storage component for a wide variety of sensitive research data. Selective back-up capability is also required.
Procedure identifier : bf29676c-7b4c-4c15-b309-6e5c1e83eeb7
Previous notice : a05907ac-6901-4df3-9ea2-27d173a34998-01
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 30210000 Data-processing machines (hardware)
Additional classification ( cpv ): 30236200 Data-processing equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 32580000 Data equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 32581000 Data-communications equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 32260000 Data-transmission equipment

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 500 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : IT2821C - RFT for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of an Accelerated Computing solution (Brain Health) for Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Description : In summary, Tenderers are sought for the Supply of a GPU-based compute and a secure storage resource for Trinity College. The primary logical components of the resource are a multi-GPU AI/ML focused compute resource, and attached high performance storage, with full CUDA compatibility. The key aspects of the storage are (i) a high-performance shared storage component to support AI/ML on the GPU Nodes and (ii) a secure bulk storage component for a wide variety of sensitive research data. Selective back-up capability is also required.
Internal identifier : 0

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 30210000 Data-processing machines (hardware)
Additional classification ( cpv ): 30236200 Data-processing equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 32580000 Data equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 32581000 Data-communications equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 32260000 Data-transmission equipment

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Additional information :

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 500 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : @75%
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 75
Criterion :
Type : Cost
Name :
Description : @25%
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 25
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Information about review deadlines : See RFT Documents

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland -
Information about review deadlines : See RFT Documents
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : Education Procurement Service (EPS) -

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 1 500 000 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Hewlett Packard Enterprise Ireland Limited
Tender :
Tender identifier : 000074169
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 1 500 000 Euro
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 416849
Date on which the winner was chosen : 06/01/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 28/02/2025

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 4

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Registration number : IE 6609370 G
Postal address : Castletroy Limerick
Town : Limerick
Postcode : V94 DK53
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 061233715
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Hewlett Packard Enterprise Ireland Limited
Registration number : 556434
Postal address : Kildare Innovation Campus, Barnhall Road
Town : Leixlip
Postcode : W23 Y972
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 0857255775
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : The High Court of Ireland
Registration number : The High Court of Ireland
Department : The High Court of Ireland
Postal address : Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 WDX8
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 1 8886000
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Postcode : 15125
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών ( EL301 )
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 0d87c7e2-749a-482c-87a7-70e866b95233 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 04/03/2025 10:26 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00143855-2025
OJ S issue number : 45/2025
Publication date : 05/03/2025