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Germany - IT services: consultancy, software development, internet and support - Framework agreement for computing time on superconducting quantum computing hardware

Original Deutschland - IT-Dienste: Beratung, Software-Entwicklung, Internet und Hilfestellung - Rahmenvereinbarung über Rechenzeiten auf supraleitender Quantencomputing-Hardware

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The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is procuring computing time on external superconducting quantum computers as part of its quantum computing initiative. DLR already operates quantum computers based on five qubit technologies: ion traps, neutral atoms, photons, NV centres and solid-state spins. This tender covers a framework agreement for providing up to 610 hours of computing time, running until 30 June 2027, to expand the existing portfolio and enable direct comparison with the systems already commissioned. Full details are in the specifications attached to the tender documents.

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Im Rahmen seiner Quantencomputing-Initiative beschafft das Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) Quantencomputer basierend auf den folgenden fünf Qubit-Technologien: Ionenfallen, Neutralatome, Photonen, NV-Zentren und Festkörperspins. Zur technologischen Erweiterung des bestehenden Portfolios und um einen unmittelbaren Vergleich zu den bereits beauftragten Systemen zu ermöglichen, soll Rechenzeit auf externen supraleitenden Quantencomputern beschafft werden. Gegenstand der vorliegenden Ausschreibung ist vor diesem Hintergrund der Abschluss einer Rahmenvereinbarung über die Bereitstellung entsprechender Rechenzeiten im Umfang von bis zu 610 Stunden mit einer Laufzeit bis zum 30.06.2027. Weitergehende Informationen sind der den Vergabeunterlagen beigefügten Leistungsbeschreibung zu entnehmen.

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