PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

AI Computing Facility

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · published 28 Apr 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID77fe1fe2-4c28-42e6-81a7-94a17d51bbc5-842529
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-ddf3a535-20e5-474d-9ccb-a3662fe84806
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/d74ZA5zA
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£101,996
award field
Tender value
£101,996
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
goods
CPV
48820000
Servers
Delivery
Not stated
SO17 1BJ
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The University of Southampton requires 4 R760xa systems and as many Nvidia L4 GPUs as possible with servers meeting the following specification. There must be a maximum of 8 GPUs per server. • CPU - Minimum of 12 threads per GPU, either Intel or AMD with minimum clock speeds of 2 Ghz normal, 3 Ghz boost • RAM - 10GB per thread • 800GB Minimum Solid State Fault Tolerant storage for OS, RAID 1. • 7.68TB Minimum Read Intensive NVMe storage for local dataset storage • Backplane - PCIe version 4 or above • Redundant power supplies • Remote server management that must include KVM over IP with console redirection and control. • 1x Infiniband Mellanox ConnectX-6 Single Port HDR • 1x 25GBase-T NIC for login traffic • 1x 1Gbe NIC for management traffic • Keep your own disk • 5 Year next business day onsite warranty • 1x 5m 25gbs Twinax cable for each server The system must be compatible with the 3 existing R760xa systems the University already has. A 5 year warranty period must be included.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release28 Apr 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published3 Apr 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published14 Apr 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published29 May 2025
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 28 Apr 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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