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title: "WCDI IT Equipment"
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# WCDI IT Equipment

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000606377

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## Summary

The University of Edinburgh is currently seeking tenders for the procurement of IT equipment as part of their World Class Data Infrastructure (WCDI) initiative. This procurement, titled "WCDI IT Equipment", is classified under the goods category and aims to support the expansion and refreshment of the WCDI's data storage and computational capabilities. The procurement process is at the tender stage and is being conducted through an Open procedure via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal. The deadline for submissions has been extended to Noon on 31st January 2020, allowing more time for interested bidders to prepare their applications. The opening of tenders is scheduled for the same day, with bids being reviewed shortly thereafter.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the IT and technology sectors, particularly those specialising in data storage solutions, high-performance computing, and related services. Companies with experience in large-scale IT projects and the ability to meet the stringent financial and technical requirements outlined in the tender are particularly well-suited to compete. Additional advantages may be gained for businesses that align their offerings with the goals of the Data Driven Innovation Programme, which is a key investment from the UK and Scottish Governments aimed at fostering economic growth and innovation in the Edinburgh region.

## Notice

This WCDI IT Equipment procurement will put in place a Master Contract to allow the University of Edinburgh, acting through Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC), to purchase the IT equipment required to create, extend and refresh, the WCDI's data storage and compute capability This requirement is not divided into Lots due to the complexity of the requirement. This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage Open procedure. Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the ESPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. When completing the ESPD, bidders must have regard for the selection requirements detailed in Sections III and V1.3 Additional Information within this OJEU Notice

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The innovation component of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal is focussed on the development of a Data Driven Innovation (DDI) Programme to establish the City Region as the Data Capital of Europe, attracting inward investment, fuelling entrepreneurship and supporting inclusive economic growth. To achieve this, the DDI Programme requires a powerful, high capacity, innovative and flexible data infrastructure capable of agile delivery of an expanding array of complex and bespoke data and analytical services. At the heart of this requirement, is the World Class Data infrastructure (WCDI), a critical enabler for the programme. The WCDI will leverage 30 years of investments in the internationally recognised research infrastructure provided by Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC), the supercomputing centre at the University, and specifically the Advanced Computing Facility (ACF), EPCC's data centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh. WCDI represents a practical, flexible and cost-effective approach to the delivery of the diverse technological requirements of the DDI programme. WCDI will extend the ACF, which today hosts and operates many of the UK's national High-Performance Computing (HPC) and research data services. Developed since 2003, in excess of 50M GBP has been invested to date in the ACF buildings and its data centre infrastructure. It currently houses around 100M GBP of equipment including the ARCHER National HPC service and is a state-of-the-art facility. A key recent development is the addition of Computer Room 4, a 270 rack, 6MW room which will host the WCDI equipment. This WCDI IT Equipment procurement will put in place a Master Contract (Schedule 5 of ITT) to allow the University of Edinburgh, acting through EPCC, to purchase the IT equipment required to create, extend and refresh, the WCDI's data storage and compute capability. There will be an initial order placed for storage that will be written into the contract. After this initial purchase the university will continue to raise orders under the Master Contract, all of which shall be incorporated to become part of the Master Contract. The scope of what can be bought under this contract is listed below under "Equipment Requirements". Equipment requirements As part of the Edinburgh and SE Scotland City Region Deal a significant Capital Equipment budget has been secured to implement the World Class Data Infrastructure (WCDI). Rather than spend all of this money on the first year of the 10-year DDI Programme, the spend has been profiled across the lifetime of the programme. The rationale for this approach being EPCC's desire to build the infrastructure according to need, using a "building block" approach. Such Building Blocks can be further observed within the Technical Requirements of the ITT (BB1 to BB9 and Data Centre Network), but can be highlighted as: Data Storage: hot, warm & cold storage bricks and Back-up & disaster recovery; Scale-out VM compute infrastructure bricks for the private Cloud; Accelerated Compute Servers; HPC, HPDA and AI Infrastructure; Cabinets and Hosting Infrastructure; Networking and Security Emerging Technologies Software Installation and support services where requested by the University; and Data Centre Network Update. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Options: The University will reserve the right to purchase Emerging Technologies; Software; and Installation and support services where requested by the University in-line with the ITT

Renewal: 5-year contract with possible extension options at + 3 year + 2 year (5+3+2). Extension options will act as breakpoints for contract review.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN376647 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Jan 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Jan 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | If full contract term and extensions are carried out (5+3+2) then the contract will be due for renewal in 2030. |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £83,750,000 |
| Lots value | £83,750,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1HT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
- 30210000 - Data-processing machines (hardware)
- 30230000 - Computer-related equipment
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 7 Jan 2020 at 00:00 - TenderUpdate - OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN376647
- 9 Dec 2019 at 00:00 - TenderUpdate - OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC374628
- 5 Dec 2019 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC374359

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC374359
  WCDI IT Equipment - This WCDI IT Equipment procurement will put in place a Master Contract to allow the University of Edinburgh, acting through Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC), to purchase the IT equipment required to create, extend and refresh, the WCDI's data storage and compute capability This requirement is not divided into Lots due to the complexity of the requirement. This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage Open procedure. Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the ESPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. When completing the ESPD, bidders must have regard for the selection requirements detailed in Sections III and V1.3 Additional Information within this OJEU Notice

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0024&from=EN
- http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
- http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf
- http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/contents/enacted
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000606377
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/web/login.html

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