Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-11-25
Buyer: Universität zu Köln - HPC Cluster NRW
Country: DE
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30211000 | 30211100 | 30211200 | 30211300 | 30211400
Estimated value:  EUR
Award criteria: unpublished

Technical requirements: Gemäß § 160 ff GWB muss ein Nachprüfungsantrag spätestens 15 Kalendertage nach Eingang der Mitteilung des Auftraggebers, einer Rüge nicht abhelfen zu wollen, bei der Vergabekammer eingereicht werden. Vorsorglich wird auf die Fristen gemäß § 134 GWB hingewiesen.
In continuation of the successful network of excellence, HPC.NRW and the statewide strategy for High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelli-gence, the hpcCluster.NRW System described here amends the existing offers available in the region and at the national level with a general purpose system designed to support users with a general demand for compute resources and in particular for machine learning and artificial intelligence application fields. 
The system described here is consequently a generalpurpose computing system for universities and universities of applied sciences in the Nord Rhine-Westphalia. The goal is to establish this system permanently by realiz-ing an environment that is designed to be extended every 3-4 years and allowing components of the different steps to be operated as a single system. Besides its performance capabilities, the energy efficiency and flexibility for further extensions are considered as key requirements.
In continuation of the successful network of excellence, HPC.NRW and the statewide strategy for High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelli-gence, the hpcCluster.NRW System described here amends the existing offers available in the region and at the national level with a general purpose system designed to support users with a general demand for compute resources and in particular for machine learning and artificial intelligence application fields. 
The system described here is consequently a generalpurpose computing system for universities and universities of applied sciences in the Nord Rhine-Westphalia. The goal is to establish this system permanently by realiz-ing an environment that is designed to be extended every 3-4 years and allowing components of the different steps to be operated as a single system. Besides its performance capabilities, the energy efficiency and flexibility for further extensions are considered as key requirements.

The documents in the procurement file contain technical specifications and guidelines to support the call for proposals addressed to the selected participants. Vendors can offer alternative solutions to meet the requirements with different approaches but must outline the impact on the overall system (e.g. alterna-tive racks with better energy efficiency resulting in a reduced number of nodes).
The computer system described in this document is for civil use only and will be used primarily for teaching and research purposes.
Die Pflicht zum Systemservice hat eine feste Grundlaufzeit von fünf Jahren. Der Auftraggeber hat das Recht, die Laufzeit durch einseitige Erklärung um ein Jahr zu den angebotenen Optionen zu verlängern, sofern die in Anlage 6 Konditionen für die optionale Verlängerung angegeben sind. Diese Option kann nur bis zwei Monate vor Ablauf der Laufzeit erklärt werden. Der Auftraggeber kann von ihr bis zu zweimal Gebrauch machen (Verlängerung um maximal 2 Jahre).


Winner: Universität zu Köln, Abteilung 64 - Einkauf
Award value: 4564140
Number of bids: -1.0