CSIRORFT2026030: Csiro HPC Facility – CPU Cluster

Current ATM View - CSIRORFT2026030 CSIRO HPC FACILITY – CPU CLUSTER Canberra CSIRO, through this RFT, is seeking responses from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of a new computing platform for scientific workloads hereby referred to as the CPU Cluster. Subject to clause 5.7, Unintentional Errors of Form, CSIRO will exclude a Tenderer from further consideration and evaluation if CSIRO considers in its absolute discretion that the conditions for participation set out in this clause have not been met by the Tenderer. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this RFT, only requirements listed in this clause will be deemed conditions for participation. a. the Tenderer exists as a legal entity at the RFT Closing Time and Date b. at the time of lodgement of their Tender, Tenderers must not have been: i. precluded from tendering for Australian Government funded work or ii. subject to a judicial decision against them relating to employee entitlements (not including decisions under appeal, and have not paid the claim c. where the Tenderer is a Relevant Employer, the Tenderer is compliant with its obligations under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) (the WGE Act). Further information may be found at http://www.wgea.gov.au/ d. the Tenderer must comply with all Mandatory Requirements identified in the Attachment A - SOR (Statement of Requirements). e. the Tenderer will be required to hold all Valid and Satisfactory Statements of Tax Record: i. required for its entity type; and ii. required for the entity type of any first-tier subcontractor that it proposes, as part of its response, to engage to deliver goods or services as part of a contract resulting from a procurement with an estimated value of $4 million or more (GST inclusive). Tenderers should apply for a Statement of Tax Record and should ensure that their subcontractors apply for a Statement of Tax Record within sufficient time to meet these conditions for participation. Depending on their entity type, some Tenderers may need to apply for multiple Statements of Tax Record. Further information about this is available at

https: //www.ato.gov.au/business/bus/statement-of-tax-record/.

f. Tenderers should note that subject to advice from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, the Commonwealth Australian Industry Participation (CAIP) Policy, including a CAIP plan requirement, may apply to the contract resulting from this Request for Tender. Further information can be found at clause 5.11. The tendered response must be able to be physically installed, full operational and accepted no later than 30th May 2027. AusTender

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