Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of AI Gigafactories

The overall objective of this Call is the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory (AIGF) Consortia, which will establish and operate the AIGFs and from which the Contracting Parties will acquire AI compute access time. More in detail, the specific objectives of this Call are as follows: - Selection of AIGF …

CPV: 72211000 Programming services of systems and user software, 72310000 Data-processing services, 72317000 Data storage services, 72416000 Application service providers, 72500000 Computer-related services
Deadline:
Nov. 12, 2026, 4 p.m.
Deadline type:
Submitting a bid
Place of execution:
Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of AI Gigafactories
Awarding body:
European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Award number:
EUROHPC/2026/OP/0008

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of AI Gigafactories
Description : The overall objective of this Call is the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory (AIGF) Consortia, which will establish and operate the AIGFs and from which the Contracting Parties will acquire AI compute access time. More in detail, the specific objectives of this Call are as follows: - Selection of AIGF Consortia: Following a rigorous evaluation of the tenders by the EuroHPC JU with the support of independent experts, the Governing Board will make an award decision, establishing a ranked list of successful AIGF Consortia. - Procurement of Compute Access Time: To establish a framework for the joint acquisition of a guaranteed share of AI compute access time from the selected AIGF Consortia, formalised through the signature of a Framework Contract and a number of subsequent Specific Contracts with the successful AIGF Consortia. AIGF refers to state-of-the-art large-scale facility with sufficient capacity to handle the complete lifecycle, from development to large-scale inference, of very large AI models and applications, providing a supercomputing service infrastructure which is composed of AI-optimised computing capacity, a supporting data centre infrastructure including high-capacity storage and networking, dedicated secure cloud user access environments, and specialised secure AI-oriented support services for its advanced operations, all of which are supported by an environmentally sustainable infrastructure, in particular for energy and water supply systems.
Procedure identifier : bc712395-692d-41ab-aa25-8e254ae86eb2
Internal identifier : EUROHPC/2026/OP/0008
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72500000 Computer-related services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Czechia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Germany
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Denmark
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Spain
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Estonia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Finland
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : France
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Greece
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Italy
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Latvia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Poland
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Portugal
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Sweden
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 10 000 000 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : This procedure is a multiple sourcing procurement envisaging the conclusion of 7 similar single framework contracts with multiple vendors to provide the requested services. The evaluation process will lead to the selection of up to 7 consortia to be awarded the tender (4 for Lot 1 and 3 for Lot 2). A framework contract will be separately signed with each awarded consortium. FOREIGN SUBSIDIES REGULATION applicability: Any economic operator participating in this public procurement procedure where the value of the lot or the aggregate value of all the lots to which the tenderer applies is equal to or greater than EUR 125 million, shall notify the contracting authority of all foreign financial contributions of at least EUR 4 million per third country received in the last three years prior to the notification pursuant to Article 28(1)&(2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560, or they shall submit a declaration pursuant to Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 listing all foreign financial contributions received in the three years prior to the declaration and confirming that such contributions are not notifiable. When no foreign financial contributions were received in the last three years prior to the declaration, a declaration is still necessary to confirm that no FFCs were received. Notifications or declarations shall be submitted by using the Form FS-PP available at https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/public-procurement/foreign-subsidies-regulation_enIn case of unavailability or disruptions in the functioning of the electronic means of communication provided in Section 5.1.11 in the last 5 calendar days before the time limit for receipt indicated in Section 5.1.12, the contracting authority reserves the right to extend this time limit and publish the extension at the Internet address provided in Section 5.1.11, without a preceding publication of a corrigendum to this notice. Economic operators interested in this procurement are invited to subscribe to the call for tenders at the address in Section 5.1.11 in order to get notified when new information or documents are published.
Legal basis :
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509

2.1.5 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Maximum number of lots for which one tenderer can submit tenders : 2
Terms of contract :
Maximum number of lots for which contracts can be awarded to one tenderer : 2

2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Sources of grounds for exclusion : Procurement Document

5. Lot

5.1 Lot : LOT-0001

Title : Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of Medium-Scale AI Gigafactories
Description : This lot targets the establishment of 4 awarded consortia capable of deploying a medium-scale AI Gigafactory project each. More in detail, the specific objectives of this Call are as follows: - Selection of AIGF Consortia: Following a rigorous evaluation of the tenders by the EuroHPC JU with the support of independent experts, the Governing Board will make an award decision, establishing a ranked list of successful AIGF Consortia. - Procurement of Compute Access Time: To establish a framework for the joint acquisition of a guaranteed share of AI compute access time from the selected AIGF Consortia, formalised through the signature of a Framework Contract and a number of subsequent Specific Contracts with the successful AIGF Consortia. AIGF refers to state-of-the-art large-scale facility with sufficient capacity to handle the complete lifecycle, from development to large-scale inference, of very large AI models and applications, providing a supercomputing service infrastructure which is composed of AI-optimised computing capacity, a supporting data centre infrastructure including high-capacity storage and networking, dedicated secure cloud user access environments, and specialised secure AI-oriented support services for its advanced operations, all of which are supported by an environmentally sustainable infrastructure, in particular for energy and water supply systems.
Internal identifier : EUROHPC/2026/OP/0008-LOT-1

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72500000 Computer-related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72211000 Programming services of systems and user software
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72310000 Data-processing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72317000 Data storage services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72416000 Application service providers

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Czechia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Denmark
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Estonia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Finland
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : France
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Latvia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Poland
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Sweden
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 78 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 4 000 000 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Digital Europe Programme (2021/2027)
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no
Additional information : This procedure is a multiple sourcing procurement envisaging the conclusion of 4 similar single framework contracts with multiple vendors to provide the requested services. FOREIGN SUBSIDIES REGULATION applicability: Any economic operator participating in this public procurement procedure where the value of the lot or the aggregate value of all the lots to which the tenderer applies is equal to or greater than EUR 125 million, shall notify the contracting authority of all foreign financial contributions of at least EUR 4 million per third country received in the last three years prior to the notification pursuant to Article 28(1)&(2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560, or they shall submit a declaration pursuant to Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 listing all foreign financial contributions received in the three years prior to the declaration and confirming that such contributions are not notifiable. When no foreign financial contributions were received in the last three years prior to the declaration, a declaration is still necessary to confirm that no FFCs were received. Notifications or declarations shall be submitted by using the Form FS-PP available at https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/public-procurement/foreign-subsidies-regulation_en

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Procurement Document

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Criterion :
Type : Price
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.11 Procurement documents

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 12/11/2026 16:00 +01:00
Duration during which the tender must remain valid : 6 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 13/11/2026 15:00 +01:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
This procedure falls under the Foreign Subsidy Regulation (FSR)
Electronic invoicing : Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Maximum number of participants : 1
Justification for the duration of the framework agreement : The procurement implementation considers maximum 18 months initial setup phase plus 5 years (60 months) when the AIGFs will be fully operational.
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Court of Justice of the European Union
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking

5.1 Lot : LOT-0002

Title : Selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia for the establishment of Large-Scale AI Gigafactories
Description : This lot targets the establishment of 3 awarded consortia capable of deploying a large-scale AI Gigafactory project each.
Internal identifier : EUROHPC/2026/OP/0008-LOT-2

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72500000 Computer-related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72211000 Programming services of systems and user software
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72310000 Data-processing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72317000 Data storage services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72416000 Application service providers

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Germany
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Spain
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Greece
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Italy
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Portugal
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 78 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 6 000 000 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (2021/2027)
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Digital Europe Programme (2021/2027)
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no
Additional information : This procedure is a multiple sourcing procurement envisaging the conclusion of 3 similar single framework contracts with multiple vendors to provide the requested services.

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Procurement Document

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Criterion :
Type : Price
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.11 Procurement documents

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 12/11/2026 16:00 +01:00
Duration during which the tender must remain valid : 6 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 13/11/2026 15:00 +01:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
This procedure falls under the Foreign Subsidy Regulation (FSR)
Electronic invoicing : Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Maximum number of participants : 1
Justification for the duration of the framework agreement : The procurement implementation considers maximum 18 months initial setup phase plus 5 years (60 months) when the AIGFs will be fully operational.
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Court of Justice of the European Union
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Registration number : EUROHPC
Department : EUROHPC.JUDIR - JU Directorate,EUROHPC.JUDIR.PROGINFRA - Programmes Infrastructure
Postal address : 12, Rue Guillaume Kroll, Technopolis Building - Wing E
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2920
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number : CURIA
Postal address : Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 4303-1
Internet address : http://curia.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Commission
Registration number : EUCOM
Postal address : Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : d8c1a703-6be1-49a2-a503-c1878d863b1c - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 29/07/2026 09:09 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00529135-2026
OJ S issue number : 145/2026
Publication date : 30/07/2026