Japanese Government Procurement

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - Notice of request for submission of materialsJAXA Supercomputer System generation 4 (1 set)

This procurement is covered by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement or Japan-UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

Japanese

Publishing date Aug 17, 2026
Type of notice Notice of request for submission of materials
Procurement entity Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - Tokyo
Classification
0014 Office Machines & Automatic Data Processing Equipment
0027 Computer Services
0071 Computer & Related Services
Summay of notice ⑴ Classification of the products to be procured : 14, 71, 27
⑵ Nature and quantity of the products to be procured : JAXA Supercomputer System generation 4 (1 set)
⑶ Type of the procurement : Purchase, Rent or a combination of these
⑷ Schedule of operation : April 2029
⑸ Basic requirements of the procurement : The Supercomputer platform planned for implementation is a comprehensive integrated system consisting of an HPC system, general-purpose system, login system, file system, portal system, network system, operation and management system, security system, air conditioning cooling power system, quantum computer system, and related software. The basic requirements needed for this system are as stipulated below.
A HPC System
B General-purpose System (including Visualization, Large-memory, and ML/AI Systems)
C Login System
D File System
E Portal System
F Network System
G Operation/Management System
H Security System
I Air conditioning cooling power System
J Quantum computer System
K Operating System
L Development environment
M Virtualization environment
N Open source software
O Network/Internet integration capabilities
P Commercial application
Q Job management
R File management
S Operation management
T Non-functional requirements for the integrated system
T-1 Flexibility and consistency of System configuration/Operation
T-2 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability
T-3 Migration
T-4 Security
T-5 Reduction of power consumption
T-6 Installation properties
T-7 Accessibility
T-8 Support and systemization
T-9 Information sharing
T-10 Manuals available for provision
⑹ Time limit for the submission of the requested material : 17 : 00 September 28, 2026 (Monday). (For postal submission, this would be the deadline for receipt of the post)
⑺ Contact point for the notice : MAKINO Kaori, Supercomputer Division, Security and Information Systems Department JAXA 7-44-1, Jindaiji Higashimachi, Chofu, 182-8522 Tokyo, Japan. TEL 070-1170-2425
E-mail SCO-soukatsu@ml.jaxa.jp
⑻ A briefing session on this implementation will be held based on this announcement.
① Date and time : August 26, 2026 (Wednesday) 13 : 30 - (MAX) 15 : 00
② Venue : Conference Room 1, 2, 2F Supercomputer Bldg, JAXA Chofu Aerospace Center (JAXA) 7-44-1, Jindaiji Higashimachi, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.
⑼ Other Based on this announcement, explanatory documentation on this implementation will be issued to applicant vendors from August 17, 2026 to September 28, 2026. In addition, details provided in this announcement are provisional and may be subject to change.