The purchase and leasing of x86 server systems, its extended guarantee, the associated equipment (options and extensions), upgrades and associated services.

Lot 1: ‘general purpose compute solutions’.

Lot 2: ‘special purpose compute solutions’.

See tendering specifications for additional details.

The purpose of this call for tenders is the conclusion of a single framework contract for general purpose compute solutions. The purchase and leasing of x86 server systems, its extended guarantee, the associated equipment (options and extensions), upgrades and associated services.

The tenderer shall propose 1 model of each of the 5 server categories classified as:

standard 2 sockets blade server;

standard 2 sockets rackable server;

advanced 2 sockets rackable server;

standard 4 sockets rackable server;

advanced 4 sockets rackable server.

The purpose of this call for tenders is the conclusion of multiple framework contracts (up to 5 for lot 2 for the purchase and leasing of special purpose compute solutions optimised for specific workloads including ‘converged and hyperconverged solutions’).

It will give the EUIs access to distributors/resellers of hardware and software solutions from a variety of manufacturers. Some of the manufacturers are predefined in the annexes to the tendering specifications.

For the selection of the framework contract, contractors and the first reopening of competition, the tenderers will be requested to offer solutions for 4 Commission-specific use cases:

1. Oracle database solution;

2. Nutanix-based virtualisation solution;

3. 8-ways system;

4. SAP HANA solution.