UK SBS PR17020 Immersive Screen Move or Replacement

*** The procurement procedure did not result in a contract award as no suitable offers were made. ***

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 22/11/2017 14:00 HOURS. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT TO CARRY OUT A SITE VISIT as part of this tender. SITE VISITS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY 16TH AND TUESDAY 17TH OCTOBER BETWEEN 12PM AND 2PM - Bidders MUST send a message through EMPTORIS to confirm which if these slots they will be attending. Bidders will be seen in groups and any clarification questions that arise from the visits can be raised through the usual clarification process.

The Hartree Centre of the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is entering into a tender process for the relocation of some of the existing visualisation facilities to a different building on the same campus, acquisition of replacement equipment and installation of new collaborative and development rooms at its new premises on the Daresbury Laboratories site.

The newly relocated and updated visualisation facilities will complement a large investment in supercomputing capabilities at the Hartree Centre, Daresbury. In addition to large-scale visualisation these procured facilities must be capable of supporting collaborative working with partners who may have the same or significantly different resources. Connectivity between visualisation and High Performance computing for scalability and computational steering will also be an important element.

The supplier will be expected to work collaboratively with Hartree (and its academic and commercial partners) to develop visualisation applications for future extreme high performance and data intensive computing systems and to enable the wider use of high performance computing technology by UK industry to enhance the UK's international competitiveness.

We are looking for a partner who can supply world-leading facilities, who has the expertise to enable us to make full use of the facilities, and who is prepared to contribute to the development of Hartree activities.

The budget for this requirement is £75k - £150k inc VAT and taxes.

Prior Information Notice 2017/S 034-062189

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