# \(NU/1248\) Deployment of a High Performance Computing \(HPC\) service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Newcastle University](/buyers/newcastle-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [OCF plc](/contract-winners/ocf/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,250,000
- Tender value: £1,250,000
- Award date: 15 March 2017
- Published: 6 February 2018
- Contract start: 28 March 2017
- Contract end: 3 July 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 56a278f7-2dcc-4a07-a4b2-0d21761f3255-196259
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4e981020-1874-4433-918a-a995a01e58a7

## Description

The University wishes to deploy a High Performance Computing \(HPC\) service to support its research and teaching requirements\. The University will engage with a Seller to provide a solution to meet its HPC service requirements\. The University HPC service will be deployed at the University's off-site data centre; Sellers should carefully note the physical and environmental constraints of this hosting facility noted in MR41 in Section 3 of the Invitation to Tender document\. \. The budget for this project, based on whole-life costs \(as noted in the award criteria, but excluding energy\) is £1\.5M inclusive of VAT\. This opportunity is being advertised to Framework for Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement \(SSSNA\) Ref 2016/2, Lot 3\(b\) \(OEM Solutions for HPC or DIC\)\. The terms and conditions of this framework shall apply to any contract resulting from this tender\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/56a278f7-2dcc-4a07-a4b2-0d21761f3255-196259)