**EVALUATION IS BASED ON LOWEST PRICE, TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE CRITERIA **
Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a Dilution Refrigerator for Q-NEXT, a U.S. Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Center.
Please review the Statement of Work dated 9/29/26 for all required technical capabilities, and provide our documentation and evidence to support the offer's adherence to the requirements no later than 5pm CDT on 10/12/2026.
We will need a response to the following documentation and considerations:
2.List of capabilities aligned with the Technical Requirements within the Statement of Work
Country of Origin*
Lead time from PO to final delivery to Argonne, FOB Destination, Lemont IL, 60439 or DAP (Incoterms 2020)
Completed and signed ANL-70B Reps and Certs
Please send any questions to the Contracting Officer. We are looking forward to reviewing your offer.
*Country of Origin should be consistent with the definition stated in FAR 52.225-I for Buy American-Supplies, in which "the cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its components, except that the percentage will be 65 percent for items delivered in calendar years 2024 through 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign."
The contractor must supply a dilution refrigerator system with closed-loop continuous cooling via a He3-He4 dilution process achieving base temperature <10 mK within 24 hours, cooling powers >14 uW at 20 mK and >450 uW at 100 mK at the mixing chamber stage, >36W at 45K for the first pulse tube stage, and >1.35W at 4.2K for the second pulse tube stage. The system must include a mixing chamber plate >280mm diameter with modified shielding extensions, 5x KF40 and 2x KF63 line-of-sight ports, factory installation and testing of twisted pair DC and coaxial RF wiring with optimized attenuation, cryogenic circulators, isolators, and HEMT amplifiers, integration of a 0.25-0.25-0.25 Tesla vector magnet with persistent switches and 130 mm bore size, and a gas handling system operated with fully oil-free pumps and compressors. The supplier must be a direct manufacturer and provide timely remote and in-person technical support, including on-site support under warranty for critical cryogenic components. Acceptance criteria include full design drawings, visual inspection, RF line performance testing, on-site system performance evaluation including leak check, DC resistance, base temperature verification, cooling power verification, and magnet operability.
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