Public Procurement of innovative solutions (PPI) for the acquisition, delivery, installation, maintenance and dismantling of two 100+ qubits Quantum Simulators for European supercomputing centers

Description

This procurement takes place within the HPCQS project, funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) and the participating member states in equal parts, under the call EuroHPC-2020-01-b. It involves two public procurers, GENCI and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), located in France and Germany, respectively, which work together in a joint procurement. GENCI is the lead procurer appointed to lead the procedure for selecting the contractor for each lot. The goal of each public procurer is to buy one 100+ qubits (quantum bits) quantum simulator that will be tightly integrated with its Tier-0 supercomputer. These systems are expected to be delivered latest at the end of 2023. In addition, these two hybrid (HPC+quantum) systems should allow the development of prototypes for scientific and industrial applications, including but not limited to, machine learning and optimizations. Furthermore, these systems are intented to address common innovation topics. Lot 1: Acquisition, delivery, installation, maintenance and dismantling of a 100+ qubits quantum simulator to integrate in the Tier-0 HPC supercomputer Joliot Curie of GENCI at TGCC/CEA Framework agreement for the acquisition, delivery, installation, maintenance and dismantling of a 100+ qubits quantum simulator for integration in the HPC supercomputer Joliot Curie at TGCC/CEA, including support, training and R&D services. In the HPCQS European project, the goal is to acquire a 100+ qubits quantum simulator for integration in the Tier-0 HPC supercomputer Joliot Curie of GENCI at TGCC/CEA latest at the end of 2023. The seamless integration of future quantum hardware with classical computing resources will allow creating a hybrid system, so that the quantum hardware can efficiently complement the parallel architecture of current supercomputers and act as “accelerator” allowing users to benefit from the power of quantum computers for handling first practical applications. The anticipated quantum simulator will control at least 100 qubits (quantum bits) and will offer the possibility of interconnecting with the classical supercomputer and provide the appropriate software environment to enable the programming and execution of applications on the quantum simulator. 1. The estimated value above mentioned in II 2.6) corresponds to the total maximum value of the contract that could be reached if all extensions were ordered, over the total duration of 80 months, renewal including. 2. For the execution of the contract, the possibility of paying an advance to the contractor under the conditions of article R2191-8 of French Public Procurement Code is provided.