To run the HYCOM-CICE coupled code, you will need to have a working installation of the Eearth System Modelling Framework: https://www.earthsystemcog.org/projects/esmf/download/. The code has been tested and verified to work with ESMF v 7.1.0r and ESMF v 8.0.1
You could try to install his yourself, instructions are available in the downloaded distribution. However, it is probably recommended that you let your local IT support to do it to make sure that MPI etc is properly set up.
Once installed, hycomc-cice can be compiled - more on hycom compilation here.
On hexagon, ESMF version 6.3.0rp1 has been tested for the pgi compilers. In order to use it, issue the command
module load esmf/6.3.0rp1-pgi
In order to use this library, hycom-cice will have to be compiled with the pgi compiler.
On debian, hycom was successfully compiled and tested using the gfortran compiler and the openmpi MPI library. The gfortran compiler and openmpi should be installed first, then the ESMF library (which should use openmpi).