⑴ Classification of the products to be procured : 14

⑵ Nature and quantity of the products to be rent : An astronomical data analysis, archival and publication system in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 1 Set

⑶ Type of the procurement : Rent

⑷ Basic requirements of the procurement : This system consists of three subsystems : data analysis subsystem, data archival and publication subsystem, Mizusawa data archival and analysis subsystem.

These subsystems should have functionalities described below. Storage systems used in this system should be efficient and capable of unforeseen data increase in the future.

Unless otherwise described, all equipment should be located in the NAOJ Mitaka Campus.

A) Data analysis subsystem is capable of fast reduction of data taken by the following telescopes and/or instruments operated by the NAOJ.

a)Instruments equipped with the Subaru telescope operated by the Subaru telescope facility, b)optical and infrared telescopes like Subaru Telescope Okayama Branch (former Okayama Astrophyscal Observatory), c)The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter and submillemeter Array) operated by the international collaboration including NAOJ ALMA project and NAOJ Chile, d)The VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA) operated by the Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, e)The 45m large radio telescope operated by the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, f)The Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) operated by the ASTE Project, g)The Hinode solar observation satellite jointly operated by the Solar Science Observatory and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), h)Solar observation equipments in both optical and radio wavelengths operated by the Soar Science Observatory. It is noted that a)-h) will succeed the current functionalities.

B) Data archival and publication subsystem should have the following functionalities and be capable of publishing the data through individual user interface and/or the virtual observatory (k) described below :

a)Data Archive for Subaru Observers, b)Public Data Archive for Subaru telescope, c)HSC Science Archive, d)Okayama Data Archive, e)ALMA Data Archive, f)Nobeyama Data Archive, g) Hinode Data Archive, h)Solar Radio Data Archive, i)Solar Data Archive, j) Documents and Catalogues Archive, k)Virtual Observatory, It is noted that a)-k) will succeed the current functionalities and data stored.

C) Mizusawa data archival and analysis subsystem is located in NAOJ Mizusawa Campus, and is capable of fast processing of data taken by astronomical satellites such as Hayabusa-2. It also has functionalities of storing, processing, and publishing data taken by VERA. It is noted that this subsystem will succeed the current working systems operated by the Mizusawa VLBI Observatory and the RISE Project in NAOJ Mizusawa Campus.

Each of the subsystems A) through C), needs software environment that ensures its smooth operation, and also system administration/management functionalities suitable for is operation policy and actual usage. The system needs to be tolerable against malfunctions, power outage and security violations, and so on, so that robust system operation can be continued. It is required to guarantee maintenance organization that quick in situ fixation can be conducted. It is required to enable increasing storage capacity and so on without major hardware replacement and to enable reallocation of resources among the components in each subsystems during the multi-year contract is in force.

⑸ Time limit for the submission of the requested material : 17 : 00 8 October, 2021

⑹ Contact point for the notice : Miura Susumu, Procurement Section, Accounting Division, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 2-21-1 Osawa Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588 Japan, TEL 0422-34-3677