Basic Information

Reference Number

PW-14-00627096

Issuing Organization

Shared Services Canada

Owner Organization

Shared Services Canada

Solicitation Type

RFQ - Request for Quote (Informal)

Solicitation Number

2B0KB-123816/B

Title

High Performance Computing - ITQ (2B0KB-123816/B)

Source ID

PWGSC

Details

Location

Quebec

Dates

Publication

2014/03/27 12:00:00 AM EDT

Closing Date

2014/03/28 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Gregorio, George

613-415-4965

Description

Description This ITQ closed on October 25, 2013.

Canada wishes to thank all Respondents who submitted responses to the ITQ.

The evaluation of the responses has been completed.

The following is the list of Respondents who successfully met the mandatory experience requirements set out in the ITQ and therefore qualify to proceed to the Review and Refine Requirements (RRR) Phase of the procurement process:

- IBM Canada Ltd. - Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. - Cray Inc.

Respondents who did not successfully qualify at the ITQ Phase are not able to participate in subsequent procurement phases.

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Initial Notice for ITQ was posted on October 4, 2013.

This Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) is neither a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor a solicitation of bids or tenders and is intended only to pre-qualify suppliers. The objective of this pre-qualification phase is to qualify suppliers who have demonstrated and proven skills and experience in providing high performance computing (HPC) solutions. Shared Services Canada (SSC) has a requirement for the lease of a 24/7 government-wide mission critical HPC solution consisting of the following components: a supercomputer, global storage cloud, high-speed local/storage area networks, batch scheduling environment, pre- and post-processing clusters, vendor supported solution (Hardware, Operating System and Software Development Environment), associated training and conversion assistance services and maintenance and support services for the solution.

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