Purchase Request

UFIT Research Computing's resource access is available either by purchase of hardware or through a charged service. See the Groups and Allocations policy page for more details. Note that when purchased as a service, the cost of resources is 10% higher than equipment purchased for its lifetime. Training and consultation services are also available to cluster users.

Restricted data (HIPAA, FERPA, ITAR/EAR) can be used on HiPerGator as described in Policies and Procedures.

There are two different tracks to purchase HiPerGator allocations, depending on whether you are part of UF or an external organization, such as another university in Florida or a UF-supported startup company.

Internal Purchase by UF Faculty or colleges and departments

Select the price sheet appropriate for your type of purchase and decide what level of investment will meet your research needs. These pages show the available items for purchase and have links at the bottom to the purchase form. You will fill out the form with the items you wish to purchase and will be asked questions about the type of funds and the chartfield string for the account to be used. After you submit the form, someone for the UFIT Business Center will contact you to put a PO in place.

Hardware Investment Purchase

UF Internal Purchases Only (paid with UF PeopleSoft Chartfields) - Use one of the two order forms below to purchase HiPerGator Hardware or HiPerGator-RV Hardware Resources.

To purchase a hardware investment please use the following links for either regular HiPerGator products or HiPerGator-RV products:

Internal HiPerGator Hardware Order Form

Internal HiPerGator-RV Hardware Order Form

Service Investment Purchase

UF Internal Purchases Only (paid with UF PeopleSoft Chartfields) - Use one of the two order forms below to purchase HiPerGator Services or HiPerGator-RV Service Resources.

To purchase service resources please use the following links for either regular HiPerGator products or HiPerGator-RV products:

Internal HiPerGator Service Order Form

Internal HiPerGator-RV Service Order Form

Consulting Service Purchase

UF Internal Purchases Only (paid with UF PeopleSoft Chartfields) - Use the order form below to purchase consulting time at an hourly rate for research software engineering, AI, custom support, or restricted data consultation.

Internal HiPerGator Consulting Order Form

Purchases by External Organizations

The process has the following steps:

Consult the Price Lists for reference and to plan your purchase.
Working with UFIT Research Computing staff for advice, obtain a quote for the services needed
- See the quote request documentation for reference on what information will be required to prepare a quote.
- Contact UFIT Research Computing at it-rc-billing@rc.ufl.edu to request a quote.
- The only payment options for external customers are check or EFT. Credit cards are not accepted.
Review the quote and request changes or proceed with the formal ‘Quote Acceptance’ steps outlined on the quote with the UFIT Business Center Billing Team.
Once the quote is formally accepted, the Billing Team will notify RC staff to allocate the quoted resources on HiPerGator or HiPerGator-RV.
Proceed with the payment process.