Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-24
Buyer: Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)
Country: NO
Region: Sør-Trøndelag
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 30211100 | 48000000 | 48820000: Servers
Submission deadline: 2016-04-26
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) in Trondheim (Norway) is seeking proposals from qualified computer hardware vendors for a High Performance Computing (HPC) LINUX Cluster and a High Capacity Storage Server.
The Cluster should consist of 1 head node and 2 different types of compute nodes, including initially 96 and 128 processor cores total for each of the two nodes respectively.
The parallel storage system (plus necessary disk shelves) should provide a minimum 500 TB usable capacity in a single namespace.
The parallel storage system (plus necessary disk shelves) should provide a minimum 500 TB usable net capacity per system.
It is anticipated that storage requirement will increase from 500 TB to 1500 TB within the next three years. This will be accomplished by purchase of additional storage. It is also anticipated that additional compute nodes with a total of 256 cores will be purchased within the next three years. The system should be designed to accommodate these future expansions within one 42U rack and a 36-port Infiniband switch.
The Geological Survey of Norway will evaluate and compare only the most advantageous bids for offered systems and prices. Detailed assessment will be conducted on the basis of:
The Bidder then has the risk that the bid may not reach NGU premises in Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, within the deadline.
NGU reserves the right to reject the entire bids or parts of the bids or to go into further negotiations with a selection of the most appropriate vendors. NGU reserves the right to go out with another invitation for bids depending on bids size, scope and the available funding.
NGU requires that suppliers of goods and services send invoices and credit notes electronically in accordance with the “”Elektronisk handelsformat” “ format (EHF).
Questions should be addressed to: Jacob Solvoll Phone + 47 73 90 44 20, E-Mail: jacob.solvoll@ngu.no with a copy to ngu@ngu.no
Bidders are encouraged to submit a censored version of the offer that can be forwarded to other bidders on request without damaging any business sensitive information.
Bidding papers are drawn up in English. Any interested parties are expected to read the instructions and specifications. Inadequate or faulty Bids are the Bidders’ responsibility and they will be discarded.
1) The company‘s most recent annual report including new information of relevance to the company‘s accounting figures

Eligibility requirements: 1) Company registration certificate (2) Tax certificate for VAT (National requirement) (3) Tax certificate for taxes (National requirement) (4) HES statement in accordance with Regulation o (National requirement). 1) The company‘s most recent annual report including new information of relevance to the company‘s accounting figures (2) Statement of the company‘s turnover from recent years with relevance to this contract. (1) Overview of the company‘s total manpower; (2) of the principal deliveries effected in the past 3 years, with the values, dates and recipients; (3) A statement of the health, safety and environment policy; (4) A statement of the quality assurance / quality control; (5) System Certificate issued by an accredited certification body or equivalent documentation.
1) The company‘s most recent annual report including new information of relevance to the company‘s accounting figures (2) Statement of the company‘s turnover from recent years with relevance to this contract.
(1) Overview of the company‘s total manpower; (2) of the principal deliveries effected in the past 3 years, with the values, dates and recipients; (3) A statement of the health, safety and environment policy; (4) A statement of the quality assurance / quality control; (5) System Certificate issued by an accredited certification body or equivalent documentation.