Artificial intelligence server

Summary

The tender concerns replacing the University of Rostock’s existing web server for its Chair of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics with a new server that can also host a large language model. The required supply is a Gigabyte Barebone R243-EG-AAF1, including the parts needed for rack installation and commissioning, an EPYC SIENA 8324P processor, 384 DDR5 memory (capacity not specified), two 3.84 TB Solidigm SATA SSDs, four 20 TB Western Digital WD Red Pro SATA hard drives, four NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell graphics cards, and a Gigabyte OCP network adapter with two 10 Gb/s RJ45 ports. The configuration must be function-tested with Linux and include a three-year parts warranty with a response from the next working day. All stated specifications are minimum requirements, and the named manufacturers and models must not be substituted unless a deviation is unavoidable and agreed with the contracting authority before bid submission. Delivery, including all delivery costs, is to the University of Rostock at Albert-Einstein-Str. 22, 18059 Rostock, ground floor, room 028. The budget is EUR 45,000 including delivery and VAT. The bid must include the completed bid form and a separate bidder-prepared offer describing the supply, with warranty, delivery time, delivery costs, discount and cash discount stated separately. Three references for successfully completed contracts of similar nature and scale from the past five years are required. Among bids meeting the requirements, the lowest-priced bid will be selected; price is the only award criterion.