SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
INVITATION TO BID
Reference Number: SADC 3/5/1/31
Procurement entity: Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat
Number and titles of lots: Single Lot
Location: SADC Secretariat, Western Commercial Road (near Lobatse and Siboni Roads), CBD Plot 54385, Private Bag 0095, Gaborone, BOTSWANA.
1. This Invitation to Bidfollows the General Procurement Notice that appeared on SADC Secretariat website May 2021.
The SADC Secretariat herewith invites companies/firms to submit Bids to for the following contract: 2. Supply and Installation of Equipment for Member States and SADC Climate Services Centre
More details on the scope of the contract(s) provided in the Bidding Documents which can be downloaded, free of charge, from the following website: www.sadc.int
The procurement method used for this contract is Open Biddingas defined in the SADC Secretariat Guidelines for Procurement and Grants, edition August 2021 available at the following website: www.sadc.int
3. The Invitation to Bidis open to all companies/firms which satisfy the eligibility and qualification requirements stated in the Bidding Documents
4. The date and time of submission of the Bids at the address indicated in the Bidding Documents is 11th March 2022 at or before 10:00 hours local Botswana time. Proposals received after this time and date, or submitted otherwise than indicated in the Bidding Documents shall not be considered and shall be returned unopened.
All notifications concerning this procurement process, including: modification of the Bidding Documents, results of the evaluation or cancellation notices, will be published on the following website www.sadc.int and will also be communicated directly to the bidders.
5. Interested companies/firmsmay seek clarification or/and additional information concerning thiscontract, only in writing and by latest 18th February 2022 by 16:30 hours local Botswana time, from the following contact points
Attention: Mr. Purpose Chifani
Address: SADC Secretariat
Plot No. 54385, New CBD
Private Bag 0095
City: Gaborone
Country: Botswana
Telephone: +267 395 1863
Electronic mail address: pchifani@sadc.int and copy: tchabwera@sadc.int, tenders@sadc.int, mrabemananjara@sadc.int
Responses to requests for clarifications will be posted on the SADC website by 28th February 2022.
6. Description of the assignment: Supply and Installation of Equipment for Member States and SADC Climate Services Centre as follows: -
1.1 Higher performance computing (HPC) for SADC Climate Service Centre (CSC)
| Item no. | Description | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Master / Scheduler nodes | 2 |
| 02 | Login nodes | 2 |
| 03 | Compute nodes (CPU based) | 20 |
| 04 | Cluster communication (MPI) between compute nodes and masters | 1 package |
| 05 | Cluster communication for administration networking equipment | 1 package |
| 06 | Rack unit: At least 42U | TBD by the supplier. Sufficient to hold all rackable elements |
| 07 | KVM package (InfiniBand Switch, Lan switch, Monitor, console, cables) for rack | 1 package |
| 08 | UPS 30KVA 3-Phase | 1 |
| 09 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for HPC Head Node with Smart Management, Standard (Physical or Virtual Nodes) | 2pcs |
| 10 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for HPC Login and Compute Node with Smart Management, Self-support | 22pcs |
| 11 | Bright Cluster Manager, public customer, 3 year support, subscription license for 24 nodes. | 24 |
1.2 Server for Climate Stations
| Item no. | Description | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Server for Climate station at SADC CSC with accessories | 1 |
| 02 | Server for Climate Station Member State with Accessories and UPS | 16 |
1.3 Server to integrate early warning system
| Item no. | Description | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Server for numerical weather prediction, seasonal forecasts, climate modelling and Climate Services Toolkit with Accessories and UPS | 16 |
