Operations Support for ScienceCluster and ScienceCloud on OpenStack and CephFS

Location: Canton ZH
Procuring office: Universität Zürich Assetmanagement

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Lot 1: OpenStackAward of 30.03.20261 bid
- STACKHPC LTD, BRISTOLCHF 1’148’103.25 incl. VAT
Lot 2: CephFSAward of 30.03.20261 bid
- Clyso GmbH, Utting am AmmerseeCHF 1’170’431.25 incl. VAT

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Justification

In accordance with the University Council’s decision of 30 March 2026, the contract is awarded to Clyso GmbH. The submitted offer meets all requirements of the tender and complies with the established award criteria.

Awarded

Justification

In accordance with the University Council’s decision of 30 March 2026, the contract is awarded to STACKHPC LTD. The submitted offer meets all requirements of the tender and complies with the established award criteria.

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Scope of work

For the operation of ScienceCloud and ScienceCluster OpenStack is key technology. With lot 1 the UZH is seeking for the following services.

Third level support: Support requests should be answered on the next business day, work is carried out during business hours, support is provided by arrangement
Disaster Support: Support requests should be answered on the next business day, work is carried out during business hours, support is immediate
Annual update support: The provider plans to carry out the update together with Science IT once a year.
Know-how transfer: The provider documents the platform on an ongoing basis and discusses the adjustments with internal employees
Initial project, ramp-up: The provider and the Science IT team discuss the status of the platform and possible conceptual adjustments to optimise the platform that may be needed to enable the provider to fulfil above requirements. These are then implemented together.

Key facts, codes and options

Type of contract: Service
Procedure: Open procedure
Trades: Not evident from the available publication data.
CPV: CPV 72000000 – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Options: Not evident from the available publication data.
Variants: Not evident from the available publication data.
Partial offers: Not evident from the available publication data.

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Comparable awards

IT services and operations, canton of Zurich, last 12 months

143 awards, bids (median): 6.

Awards: IT services and operations

Range of award prices

IT services and operations, canton of Zurich, last 12 months

CHF 530’78710 % of the prices were lower

CHF 1’742’592Median: half were lower

CHF 9’210’38210 % of the prices were higher

8 out of 10 award prices were between CHF 530’787 and CHF 9’210’382.

From 289 published award prices in CHF from 12.11.2025 to 04.11.2026, with or without VAT, as published. A single contract can differ widely.

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simap project number: 22585
Publication number: 22585-02
Covered by international agreements: Yes
TED (EU): Publication on ted.europa.eu (opens in a new tab)

Checked against simap: 10.11.2026, 18:02

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