UKRI-5244 Next National Supercomputing Service
Buyer: UK Research and Innovation
- Published
- 7 October 2025
- Estimated value
- £275,000,000
- Place of performance
- UK
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 062921-2025
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a9ab
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 30211100Super computer
Description
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to inform the market that UKRI will soon be tendering the Supercomputing hardware for the Next National Supercomputing Service based at the University of Edinburgh and to also arrange pre-market engagement meetings with vendors attending SC25. The UK Compute Roadmap (July 2025) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-compute-roadmap/uk-compute-roadmap sets out the vision for "a world-class compute ecosystem that provides a platform for innovation, growth and opportunity across the economy." This includes the investment of "up to £750 million for a new national supercomputer service in Edinburgh" as announced by government at the June 2025 spending review. The Next National Supercomputing Service (NNSS) will provide a compute infrastructure for the UK's research and innovation communities to utilise cutting-edge modelling, simulation and AI workflows: a key component of the UK government's ambition. The current estimated budget for the Supercomputing System is in the range of £300m - £330m(including VAT). The supercomputer will be an owned asset of UKRI with the hosting service provision responsibilities undertaken …
Official publications
- FTS · 062921-2025 · 7 October 2025
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