Quotations are invited for computer work stations with two different specifications. The quotations are to be sent in a sealed envelope to the following address by November 16^th and would be opened by November 19^th. We would procure only one of the computers mentioned below and the choice between option 1 and option 2 would be contingent upon the availability of funds. 

Dr. Ankan Paul
Raman Centre for Atomic, Molecular & Optical Sciences
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
2A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road,
Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032 

Specifications

(a) Option 1:

A workstation with :

4 AMD eight core 2.3 GHz processors

16 GB of RAM of DDR3 (1333MHz) RAM (0.5 GB per core) Supporting at least 256 GB

2-TB Hard-drive

GIGABIT ETHERNET CARD

16 MB VIDEO CARD

DVD ROM and a minimum of  6 USB ports

Chassis Form factor 1U/2U rack mount

With installation and at least one year standard warranty & support 

(b) Option 2:

A workstation with :

2 AMD 12-core 2.3 GHz processors

24 GB of DDR3 (1333MHz) RAM  (1 GB per core) supporting at least 256 GB

2-TB Hard-drive

GIGABIT ETHERNET CARD

16 MB VIDEO CARD

DVD ROM and a minimum of  6 USB ports

Chassis Form factor 1U rack mount

With installation and at least one year standard warranty & support.  

The computers should support standard quantum chemistry programs, like GAMESS, MOLPRO, NWCHEM and GAUSSIAN 03 and should come with standard compiler suite.

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