Procurement Summary
Country: Ireland
Summary: Single-Party Framework Agreement for the Acquisition, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of Hardware and Software of Caspir Supercomputer
Deadline: 05 May 2026
Posting Date: 30 Mar 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 138691676
Document Ref. No.: 217178-2026
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: EUR 25000000
CPV Classification
30211100 - Super computer
30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
30210000 - Data-processing machines (hardware)
30211200 - Mainframe hardware
30211300 - Computer platforms
30211400 - Computer configurations
30211500 - Central processing unit (CPU) or processors
30212000 - Minicomputer hardware
30212100 - Central processing units for minicomputers
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72100000 - Hardware consultancy services
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
48331000 - Project management software package
48000000 - Software package and information systems
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Tender Details
The purpose of this Invitation to Tender is to procure the Acquisition, delivery, installation and maintenance of hardware and software of CASPIr Supercomputer for a 5-year operational period, with an option for an additional one (1) year extension. The Supercomputer will be jointly owned by the University of Galway and the EuroHPC JU and will be operated by ICHEC in support of the National Advanced Computing service for Ireland as well as the relevant EuroHPC Access calls. The system is to be hosted in a secure co-location data centre facility in Ireland. The intended role of the CASPIr Supercomputer is to provide: A new EuroHPC mid-range supercomputer hosted in Ireland and integrated within the EuroHPC ecosystem The next supercomputer to underpin the National HPC Service operated by ICHEC in support of Irish researchers A richer and more capable, data centric modular compute environment to address the broader data management and complex workflow requirements of Irish and European researchers A reliable, secure production platform on which high availability services can be operated for academic, public sector and SME customers A training and development platform to enable researchers to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to scale up their HPC, AI and Data processing workflows towards the larger more specialist systems within the EuroHPC ecosystem.
Doc Title: Single-party framework agreement for the Acquisition, delivery, installation and maintenance of ...
Document Type: Contract Notice
Contract Type: supplies
Estimated Value: 25000000 - EUR
Authority Type: body-pl
Doc Title: Single-party framework agreement for the Acquisition, delivery, installation and maintenance of hardware and software of CASPIr Supercomputer
Dispatch Date: 2026-03-26
Publish Date: 2026-03-30
Submission Date: 2026-05-05
Documents
Tender Notice