African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)
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SATELLITE AND WEATHER INFORMATION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE IN AFRICA (SAWIDRA) PROJECT
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Invitation for Bids
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SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN)
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ICB Procurement of
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DESIGN, SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND
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COMMISSIONING OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE
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COMPUTING (HPC) SYSTEM

 

 

Date: April 2019

Project ID No.: G-Z1-C00-ZZZ-010

IFB No: 01-2019-B/ACMAD/SAWIDRA

  1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for the Satellite and Weather Information for Disaster Resilience in Africa (SAWIDRA) project that appeared on-line on the African Development Bank Group’s website on November 2017 ;
  2. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD), based in Niamey-Niger, has received financing from the African Development Bank through the ClimDev Special Fund to support the cost of the SAWIDRA) project implementation. It is intended that part of the proceeds of this grant will be applied to eligible payments under the contract No. 01-2019-B/ACMAD/SAWIDRA for the procurement of “DESIGN, SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) SYSTEM” ;
  3. ACMAD now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the procurement of “Design, supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a high-performance computing (hpc) system”:

 

 

No.Equipment Type and CharacteristicsMinimum Number required
1HPC
Master / Scheduler nodes2
Login nodes2
Compute nodes (CPU based)Number  to  achieve  12 TFlops computing power
Storage nodesNumber to achieve 300TB
Cluster  communication  (MPI)  between  compute nodes  and  masters:  Mellanox  EDR  InfiniBand equipment’s or equivalent1 package
Softwares: OS, scheduler, resource manager, queue and job manager, compilers and libraries1 package
2ACCESSORIES
Rack 42UNumber TBD by the supplier. Sufficient  to  hold  all  rackable elements
 KVM package (switch, console, cables) for rack1 package
UPS 30KVA 3-Phase1
  1. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the office of:
  2. African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD),

 55 Avenue des Ministères, Plateau, Niamey, Niger ,Tel.: +22720723627, BP 13184,

 Email: sawidra_acmad@acmad.org;  r.leonguy@acmad.org;  b.sofiani@acmad.org

  1. A complete set of bidding documents may be acquired by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the above addresses ;
  2. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the African Development Bank Standard Bidding Document for Procurement of Plant, Design, Supply, and Installation ;
  3. Bids must be delivered to the above physical office address before 10:00AM UTC time on 03th June 2019 and must be accompanied by a bid security of € 5,000. The bid security shall be in the form of a bank guarantee and must be from a reputable bank ;
  4. Bids shall remain valid for 90 days after the deadline for bid submission prescribed above ;
  5. Bids will be opened in the presence of bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at 10:30AM UTC on 03th June 2019   at the offices of:

African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)  55 Avenue des Ministères, Plateau Niamey-Niger

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