Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-07-13
Buyer: Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif (GENCI, lead procurer)
Country: FR
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 30211100
Estimated value: 42000000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: Horizon Europe

Technical requirements: Public Procurement of innovative solutions (PPI) for the acquisition, delivery, installation, maintenance and dismantling of two 100+ qubits Quantum Simulators for European supercomputing centers
This procurement takes place within the HPCQS project, funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) and the participating member states in equal parts, under the call EuroHPC-2020-01-b. It involves two public procurers, GENCI and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), located in France and Germany, respectively, which work together in a joint procurement. GENCI is the lead procurer appointed to lead the procedure for selecting the contractor for each lot. The goal of each public procurer is to buy one 100+ qubits (quantum bits) quantum simulator that will be tightly integrated with its Tier-0 supercomputer. These systems are expected to be delivered latest at the end of 2023. In addition, these two hybrid (HPC+quantum) systems should allow the development of prototypes for scientific and industrial applications, including but not limited to, machine learning and optimizations. Furthermore, these systems are intented to address common innovation topics.
Acquisition, delivery, installation, maintenance and dismantling of a 100+ qubits quantum simulator to integrate in the Tier-0 HPC supercomputer Joliot Curie of GENCI at TGCC/CEA
Framework agreement for the acquisition, delivery, installation, maintenance and dismantling of a 100+ qubits quantum simulator for integration in the HPC supercomputer Joliot Curie at TGCC/CEA, including support, training and R&D services.
In the HPCQS European project, the goal is to acquire a 100+ qubits quantum simulator for integration in the Tier-0 HPC supercomputer Joliot Curie of GENCI at TGCC/CEA latest at the end of 2023. The seamless integration of future quantum hardware with classical computing resources will allow creating a hybrid system, so that the quantum hardware can efficiently complement the parallel architecture of current supercomputers and act as “accelerator” allowing users to benefit from the power of quantum computers for handling first practical applications. The anticipated quantum simulator will control at least 100 qubits (quantum bits) and will offer the possibility of interconnecting with the classical supercomputer and provide the appropriate software environment to enable the programming and execution of applications on the quantum simulator.
High Performance Computer and Quantum Simulator hybrid” (“HPCQS”) as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant Agreement Number 101018180)
1. The estimated value above mentioned in II 2.6) corresponds to the total maximum value of the contract that could be reached if all extensions were ordered, over the total duration of 80 months, renewal including.
2. For the execution of the contract, the possibility of paying an advance to the contractor under the conditions of article R2191-8 of French Public Procurement Code is provided.
Acquisition, delivery, installation, maintenance and dismantling of a 100+ qubits quantum simulator to integrate in the Tier-0 HPC supercomputer Joliot Curie of GENCI at TGCC/CEA
The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking has given a grant for this procurement but is not participating as a contracting authority in the procurement.
Participation in the open market consultation (Open Dialogue Event) that was held as part of the preparation for this procurement is not a prerequisite for submitting a tender. For more information about the open market consultation Q&A, see https://hpcqs.eu.
The estimated value mentioned in II 1.5) corresponds to the total maximum value of the framework agreement that could be reached if all extension and acquisition were ordered over the total duration of 80 months, including renewal.
For lot 1, English will be used for the submission of the technical offer. All other documents will be submitted in French or English, as stated in the tendering rules, but a document written in French must at least detail the essential technical characteristics and the commercial proposal of the offer.
For lot 2, English will be used for the submission of the technical offer. All other documents will be submitted in German or English, as stated in the tendering rules.
In accordance with Article R2132-2 of the French Public Procurement Code, the Public Procurer shall make the Tendering Documentation available electronically free of charge until the date of submission of tenders, by downloading it from the website www.achatpublic.com.


Winner: SAS PASQAL
Award value: 42000000
Number of bids: 1