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    GPUs as a service

    Syddansk Universitet

    GPUs as a service

    1. Competition notice published

      Oct 21, 2025 5:26 AMOctober 21, 2025 5:26 AM

    2. Contract start date

      Jan 1, 12:00 AMJanuary 1, 2026 12:00 AM

    3. Contract signed

      Jan 5, 12:00 AMJanuary 5, 2026 12:00 AM

    4. Result notice published

      Jan 5, 10:57 AMJanuary 5, 2026 10:57 AM

    Brief

    Denmark: Tenders/Syddansk Universitet/GPUs as a service

    Awarded

    The competition has ended and a winner has been selected.

    Brief

    Data og analyse

    Syddansk Universitet har inngått en rammeavtale med Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S om å levere GPU as a Service (GPUaaS) for å støtte den nasjonale forskningsskytjenesten UCloud. Tjenesten skal gi forskere, universiteter og offentlige institusjoner i Danmark sikker, skalerbar og høyytelses tilgang til GPU-databehandlingsressurser for dataintensiv forskning, kunstig intelligens og høyytelses databehandling (HPC). Løsningen skal være fysisk plassert i Danmark og kunne håndtere sensitive personopplysninger i samsvar med danske og EU-forskrifter, samt skalere fleksibelt for å møte nasjonalt behov, inkludert støtte for miljøer som overstiger 1 000 NVIDIA H100 GPU-er eller tilsvarende. Avtalen har en varighet på 4 år og en total verdi på 74 105 280 danske kroner.

    Result

    Winner
    Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S
    Number of bids
    1
    Contract value
    DKK 74,105,280

    About the bid

      This tender relates to a Framework agreement for the delivery of GPU as a Service (GPUaaS) to support the national research cloud service UCloud. The service will provide researchers, universities, and public institutions in Denmark with secure, scalable, and high-performance access to GPU computing resources for data-intensive research, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing (HPC). With more than 17,000 users today and demand accelerating, UCloud is experiencing unprecedented growth. At the current trajectory, the platform is expected to reach around 50,000 users by 2030. The interactive nature of the service leads to significant fluctuations in infrastructure demand, particularly for GPU nodes. To support this growth and variability, UCloud requires access to an infrastructure pool that can scale rapidly and reliably to very large sizes on demand. The purpose of this tender is to establish a sovereign and secure GPUaaS infrastructure, physically located in Denmark, capable of handling sensitive personal data in compliance with Danish and EU regulations. The solution will be integral part of UCloud and it will provide an extension of the infrastructure currently owned and operated by SDU. The solution must be able to scale flexibly to meet national demand, including support for environments exceeding 1,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs or equivalent. For a more detailed description of the services tendered, please refer to Annex 1 – Specification of requirements, Annex 1.1 – Overview of the solution and Annex 2 – Schedule of prices, as well as any corrections and answers to questions.

      Contact name
      Christian Vestergaard
      Contact phone
      +45 65 50 26 09
      Contact email
      chrv@sdu.dk
      Address
      Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

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    • Description

      The bidding prices will be considered a total bidding price and is evaluated on the basis of the net prices specified by the tenderer, cf. Annex 2 – Schedule of prices compared to the annual usage per year estimated by the Contracting Authority. All prices must be specified in Danish Kroner (DKK), excluding VAT, but including all other taxes.

    • Description

      The sub-criterion ‘quality’ is evaluated on the basis of the tenderer’s fulfilment of the requests described in Annex 1 – Specification of requirements.

      Sub-criteria

      Description

      Compute Infrastructure 2

      Description

      High-speed compute fabric 2

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      GPU Scalability 2

      Description

      GPU Scalability 4

      Description

      Storage 4

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      Storage 5

      Description

      Management Environment 2

    Qualification requirements

    • Description

      The tenderer must have a minimum equity of DKK 500 million in the most recently completed financial year.

      Documentation Requirement

      The tenderer must provide this information in the ESPD section entitled “Selection”

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    Contracting authority
    Syddansk Universitet
    Title
    GPUs as a service
    Type
    ResultFramework agreementPrequalification
    Main code
    72310000Data-processing services
    Supplemental codes
    30210000Data-processing machines (hardware)30211500Central processing unit (CPU) or processors48820000Servers72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support72300000Data services72400000Internet services72510000Computer-related management services72514100Facilities management services involving computer operation72600000Computer support and consultancy services
    Location
    Fyn
    Estimated value
    DKK 100,000,000.00
    Duration
    4 years

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