Sealed Tenders are invited from suitable parties (OEMs  only ) for the supply of a High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) with specifications given in our website www.iacs.res.in. The Tender should be super-scribed "High Performance Computing Cluster (MONAMI - Phase II)" and submitted by 11^th March, 2011 upto 5.00 P.M. and opened on 14^th March, 2011. 

A).   TECHNICAL BID: 

1. HPC cluster with a total of minimum 400 cores (12 core AMD or 8 core Intel) with CPU clock speed at least 2.1 GHz. 

2. Configuration:  One Master node and several compute nodes. 

3. Compute node: Minimum theoretical peak of 145 GFLOPS or higher and with 4GB DDR3 (min. 133 MHz.) ECC memory per processor core. The system must support at least 8GB DDR3 ECC memory per core. Each node should have 1 x 500GB Enterprise SATA HDD.

The power supply on compute nodes should be easily swappable to allow changing power supply, in case of failure, without physically opening the system. Each of the compute nodes should have Gigabit Ethernet interconnect (with PXE boot capability) in addition to InfiniBand interconnect. 

4. Master node should have a redundant power supply and at least 6 Tb SATA2.0 (3Gb/s) storage preferably with hot-plug HDDs and RAID 6. The master node should have a minimum of 2GB memory per core with support for at least 8GB memory per core. The master node should also have an internal DVDROM drive and atleast 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The master node will also be connected to the InfiniBand switch. 

5. Interconnect: Infiniband 4xQDR (40Gbps) for computations and separate (10/ 1000/ 1000Mbps) Ethernet for data transfer and administration. InfiniBand ports to connect all compute nodes along with master node and have at least 4 free ports for connecting storage systems in future. The Gigabit Ethernet Switch must be Layer-3 Managed and must have at-least 6 free ports after connecting all compute nodes and master node. 

6. Management: KVM switch, 19" TFT monitor +keyboard + mouse for console. 

7. Suitable backup option. 

8. All necessary accessories e.g.. patch cords, cables, rack etc.  

9. Software: open source OS, compilers for Fortran 90, C, C++, essential cluster computing software, cluster management software, job scheduler etc.  

10. Power consumption and heat dissipation estimate for the total cluster should be mentioned clearly.  

11. Three years on-site warranty for all components the warranty period will commence from the date of certification of successful installation of the equipment. 

12. The power supply on master node and compute nodes should have average efficiency of more than 90% with minimum 92% efficiency at half-load.

(Please attach relevant test reports) 

13. The master node and the compute nodes should preferably have management features (hardware and software) to enable remote management of the nodes (e.g. IPMI 2.0 or equivalent with required BMC controller and full-featured license). 

14. Both rack and blade configurations may be given separately as options in the technical bid with corresponding pricing in the commercial bids.  

B).     FINANCIAL BID 

1.      The financial bid should be super subscribed as “Finance Bid” on the outer cover of the envelope.

2.      The quotation can have both Indian rupee (INR) and U. S. dollar (USD) components as applicable.

3.      We emphasize: Bids are invited from OEMS only and not from business/channel partners. 

C). PERFORMANCE SECURITY 

The INR component of the payment to the successful bidder will be released only after full and complete installation certified by the technical evaluation committee. 

D). GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) will have the right to select or reject the complete tendering process or any individual or all tenders (Bids) at any stage before awarding the work due to any exigency or financial/administrative reasons.
2. There should be two separate envelopes duly sealed for two bids and the envelopes should be super scribed with (a) Technical bid and  (b) Financial bid and both these sealed envelopes are to be put in a bigger envelope which should also be sealed and marked as Tender for “High Performance Computing Cluster (MONAMI - Phase II) ”.
3. The tender notice number and the name of the instrument should clearly be written on the envelope.
4. Incomplete tenders or tender will be summarily rejected.
5. The tender should be sent on the following address:

           The Registrar
           Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
           2A & B Raja S.C. Mullick Road
           Jadavpur, Kolkata – 700032.   

Further points 

1. The Tender should not contain any material (eg. brochures, company profiles etc.) other than the two above-mentioned covers containing specifically the items requested. 

2. The vendor may give multiple configurations/options. The vendors are allowed to deviate from the specifications given below only when such deviations are demonstrated to be technically superior. The technical bid should not have any mention of pricing. The commercial bid should have the pricing for each option separately. Prices should be inclusive all charges (taxes/duties as applicable, shipping charges, delivery at site, installation etc.) with clearly indicated breakups.  

3. Vendors should have proven experience in setting up a HPCC of minimum 1 Tflops in the last three years in India. A brief proof for such experience (copies of orders/installation certificate) should be included in the technical bid.  

4. The vendors are required to give an estimate of the time required for installation, fine-tuning of the cluster and hand-holding/training of the principal users in the technical bid. The vendor shall be responsible for setting up of High Performance Linux Cluster using InfiniBand interconnect based on Enterprise Linux OS or equivalent (to be provided by vendor). It will will highly desirable if the vendor has proven capability to install some commonly used open-source scientific software e.g. PWSCF, LAPW, LAMMPS, Gaussian etc.  

5. Prospective bidders please refer to our website http://www.iacs.res.in for any changes which may appear from time to time.

The tenders will be opened on 14.03.2011(Updated on March 11, 2011)

All vendors who have submitted quotations are requested to be present at IACS on 14.3.11, Monday at 11:00 am when the technical bids will be opened. The vendors may make presentations to the Technical Committee members and be prepared to answer any queries.

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