UK SBS DDaT19214 UKRI Firmware development for the DUNE Data Acquisition System

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Wednesday 27th November 2019 at 14:00 PM.

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Brief Description of Requirement

The DUNE experiment (http://www.dunescience.org/) needs to store all the data from the detector (rather than a triggered sub-set) if a potential Super Nova is detected. It is anticipated that this will be done by writing to Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) attached storage (https://nvmexpress.org/). Approximately 300 devices will be written to in parallel for each 10kTonne detector module, with a total bandwidth of approximately 540 GBytes/s.

This tender is for the design, development and production of a suitable Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) field-programmable gate array (FPGA) firmware and any necessary software for Xilinx 7 series Ultrascale or Ultrascale Plus FPGAs to implement this in an open VHDL source code form suitable for the project to use and develop further as wanted.

The contract shall cover a six (6) month period and the deliverables as outlined in the specification must be delivered within that period commencing on the date the contract is awarded.

The estimated value of the opportunity is £65,000.00 excluding VAT.

A brief summary of the requirement has been provided above, please ensure you review the Invitation to Quote document for full details of this requirement. All corresponding documents can be found within Stage One:Overview Section on the Delta eSourcing Portal.

How to Apply

This procurement will be managed electronically via the Delta eSourcing Portal. To participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/ by following the link 'Register'.

The Access Code for this procurement is KV6S4GS856.

Additional information: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Delta eSourcing Portal. To participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/ by following the link 'Register'.

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The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/