ITQ PR17138 SKA LFAA Calibration Correlator
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDEstimated Value
£120,000 – £135,000
Deadline
7 December 2017
Published
27 November 2017
Type
goods
Details
- Introduction
- The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a project to deliver the world's largest Radio Telescope. The Low Frequency Aperture Array (LFAA) will be located in Australia. Operating in the frequency range of 50MHz-350MHz and comprising of 500 interconnected stations, each containing 256 Antenna. The channelized data is streamed from the antenna in complex form, for two polarities. FPGA based accelerator hardware is required to correlate the data, by performing a complex multiple and accumulate function for all values of antenna data for each corresponding frequency channel over a set period of time for all antenna in the station. Front-end memory is required for ordering of received data from multiple sources, so that complete frequency channel sets are available for processing. Values being accumulated during the period of time are stored in local memory before the final values are sent to a computer for analysis. Data is transferred between antenna Tile Processing Modules using 40GbE, interconnected using standard network switches. Requirements • Number of boards required: 20 • FPGA Accelerator Board with a PCIe Form-Factor • 14nm FPGA with 17.4Gbs Capable Transceivers and core clock rates up to 1GHz • Number of DSP Blocks: Greater than 10,000 18x19 Multipliers • A minimum of 3 Banks of at least 4GB DDR4 Memory • A minimum of 2x QSFP28 Cages for 2x40GbE • Power Requirements: At least 150 Watts but not to exceed 375 Watts • FPGA to be supplied should ideally be a Production Part not an Engineering Sample Additional information: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CLOSING TIME FOR RESPONSES IS 14.00 (GMT) ON 7th DECEMBER 2017. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE UPLOADED TO THE EMPTORIS ESOURCING PLATFORM. All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If Bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by following the link 'Supplier eSourcing Registration'. Please note that, to register, Bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Note: registration may take some time please ensure that you allow a sufficient amount of time to register. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esourcing-tool... Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; Your organisation's full name as a registered supplier; the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Helpdesk (Not UK SBS Ltd): Freephone: 0345 410 2222 email: eenablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk Training support to respond to a requirement is available to bidders at http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Pages/supplier.aspx Responses must be received by the date in IV.3.4. Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.
Regulations cited
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Contact & helpdesk
- Phone
- 0345 410 2222
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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDKey Dates
Published
27 November 2017
Submission deadline
7 December 2017
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