Notice Information
Notice Title
High Performance Computing
Notice Description
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) is seeking to establish framework agreements for the the procurement of High Performance Computers. This requirement automatically covers the members of the following higher education regional purchasing consortia; Southern Universities Procurement Consortium (SUPC), North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC), North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW)
Lot Information
Lot 1
The procurement of High Performance Computers (HPC)
Options: The agreement is initially for a period of 24 months, with the option of 2 further periods of 12 months each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-045715
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075449-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
-
- CPV Codes
30210000 - Data-processing machines (hardware)
30211100 - Super computer
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Jun 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Aug 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES PROCUREMENT CONSORTIUM (SUPC)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Mark Lewis, Oliver Bradbury-Stewart
- Contact Email
- supc@sums.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1189357081
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG6 6BU
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Wokingham
- Electoral Ward
- Hillside
- Westminster Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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