# 2947/MH HPC Upgrades to provide interactive GPU compute capability

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD](/buyers/university-of-sheffield/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [DELL CORPORATION LIMITED](/contract-winners/dell/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £561,000
- Tender value: £561,000
- Award date: 31 May 2021
- Published: 14 June 2021
- Contract start: 1 June 2021
- Contract end: 31 July 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 5568e5dd-6194-4abf-ad82-485d345b5f2c-443560
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d20f2130-beeb-47fa-b24a-ae5b298558dc

## Description

The University has an existing HPC compute facility to which it wishes to upgrade as and when funding is made available, often at short notice, over the next 4 years and 2 months by which time it is expected to have become end of life and replaced\. A further competition was run amongst all resellers who have a place in the SUPC SSSNA Framework Agreement\. The initial spend is £581K, after this no spend is guaranteed but could be worth upto an estimated £1\.5M based on previous research requirements\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5568e5dd-6194-4abf-ad82-485d345b5f2c-443560)