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Science DMZ - Data Transfer Nodes

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: UK Atomic Energy Authority

Buyer Address: Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, ENG

Contact Name: Jonny Adams

Contact Email: jonny.adams@ukaea.uk

Contact Telephone: +12 35528822

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
71000.0 GBP
Published
08 Oct 2025, 09:35
Deadline
04 Sep 2025, 11:00
Contract Start
01 Oct 2025, 23:00
Contract End
01 Oct 2028, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
72318000 - Data transmission services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
CDW Limited
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

UKAEA are seeking to deploy a science DMZ (https://fasterdata.es.net/science-dmz/) to allow high data rates between UKAEA sites and to and from global HPC systems. This will involve the daily transfer of hundreds of Terabytes of data in support of our mission to support the development of commercial fusion power for a low carbon future. UKAEA already has provision through JISC for a burst speed of up to 200Gbps. To ensure we have the necessary hardware to be able to transmit data at a sufficient rate, we are looking to purchase up to 4 Data Transfer Nodes (DTNs) capable of saturating 100GbE network links per node.

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