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Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System

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UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory, is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the ALCF Equinox AI System, an artificial intelligence computing system to be located at Argonne's Lemont, Illinois facility.
Proposals are due by 4:30 PM CST on October 5, 2026, and must be submitted via email to atkinson@anl.gov.
The required Base System consists of sixteen (16) NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 rack-based compute racks with all associated equipment, software, networking, installation, and support.
The contract will include five (5) years of maintenance and support for all hardware, software, firmware, licenses, networking components, management components, and contractor-provided cooling equipment.
The procurement method is a Request for Proposal (RFP) with award based on a best-value tradeoff methodology.
The issuing agency is the Department of Energy, acting through UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory.
Offerors may also submit one or more Alternative Commercial Structure (ACS) approaches in addition to the required Base System proposal.
Questions or requests for clarification must be submitted via email to atkinson@anl.gov by 4:30 PM CST on September 23, 2026.
The proposal must remain valid for acceptance for a minimum period of seventy-five (75) days after the closing date.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide, or cause to be provided, a binding LTO financing commitment available to the Laboratory on terms acceptable to the Laboratory, as a condition of award for any purchase-based proposal requiring LTO financing.
Requirement: The proposed LTO arrangement shall provide for a term of forty-eight (48) months.
Requirement: The Offeror shall complete and submit Enclosure No. 7, SaaS Questionnaire, with its proposal if the proposed solution includes any cloud-hosted service, cloud communication, software-as-a-service component, or other externally hosted operational dependency.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide a complete Bill of Materials (BOM) as a separate attachment to the Technical Proposal, containing no pricing information.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide its most recently completed quarterly or yearly financial statements, inclusive of notes to the consolidated financial statements, in the Business/Management Proposal.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide a statement that the proposal will remain valid for acceptance for a minimum period of seventy-five (75) days after the closing date set for receipt of proposals.
Requirement: The Offeror shall include a fully completed and signed 'ANL-70B Representations and Certifications' with its proposal.

Term: Five (5) years
Method: Request for Proposal
Documents: 17 files

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Contact the buyer

Court Atkinson

atkinson@anl.govEmail (630) 252-3388Phone

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IL 60439

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Five (5) years

What this bid is asking for

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Deliver a complete, scalable, rack-scale AI computing environment (Equinox) based on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems, including compute, networking, software, and storage integration.
Provide all labor, materials, equipment, software, licenses, installation, integration, documentation, project management, and support for an operational production system.
Submit a Technical Proposal, a Business/Management Proposal, and a Price Proposal, each as separate files, with the Price Proposal using the provided Enclosure No. 3A form.
Complete and submit the 'ANL-70B Representations and Certifications' and, if applicable, the SaaS Questionnaire (Enclosure No. 7).
Provide a binding lease-to-ownership (LTO) financing commitment for any purchase-based proposal requiring financing, with a 48-month term.

Posted Scope of Work

UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory under a prime contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has responsibility for acquiring the supplies and services that are the subject of this Request for Proposal (RFP), consisting of an artificial intelligence computing system and associated software/licensing, installation, and maintenance and support services. Offerors are invited to submit proposals in accordance with the solicitation requirements.

Scope, read from the documentsAI-generated

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, transportation, materials, equipment, software, licenses, documentation, project management, installation services, and support necessary to deliver an operational Equinox AI System. The required Base System consists of sixteen (16) NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 compute racks and all associated equipment, software, networking, management, installation, integration, documentation, and support. The system shall be installed at Argonne's Building 240 data center in Lemont, Illinois. The Contractor shall provide a high-speed east-west network, integrate with the ALCF north-south Juniper/Apstra Ethernet environment and global file system, and provide five years of maintenance and support. The Contractor shall also develop an Acceptance Test Plan and provide complete documentation.

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Enclosure No. 1 - RFP Cover Letter, Instructions, & Notices.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2A - Draft Purchase Order.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2B - Appendix A ANL-71COM.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2C - Statement of Work.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2D - Appendix D8C.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2E - Appendix E ANL-366M.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2F - Appendix E.1 ANL-366TCSB.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2G - Appendix TBD ANL-829-MLAV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2H - Appendix TBD ANL-830-LTOV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2I - Appendix TBD ANL-826-MLANV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2J - Appendix TBD ANL-827-LTONV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2K - Appendix TBD Sample Lease Payment Schedule.xlsxXLSX

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Enclosure No. 3A - Pricing Proposal Form.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 4 - Evaluation Criteria.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 5 - ANL-70B.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 6 - Tax Exemption Certificate.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 7 - SaaS Questionnaire.xlsxXLSX

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Questions & answers

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What is the due date for proposals?

Offers shall be submitted via e-mail to atkinson@anl.gov by 4:30 PM, CST on October 5, 2026.

Who is the point of contact for this solicitation?

Court Atkinson, Procurement Specialist, at atkinson@anl.gov.

What is the required Base System configuration?

The required Base System consists of sixteen (16) NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 rack-based compute racks, together with all associated equipment, software, networking, management, installation, integration, documentation, and support necessary to provide an operational, production-capable resource.

What is the deadline for submitting questions?

Any prospective Offeror desiring a clarification, explanation, or interpretation must request it in an email to atkinson@anl.gov by 4:30PM CST on September 23, 2026.

What is the period of performance for maintenance and support?

Five (5) years maintenance and support.

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Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System

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AI takeaways

UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory, is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the ALCF Equinox AI System, an artificial intelligence computing system to be located at Argonne's Lemont, Illinois facility.
Proposals are due by 4:30 PM CST on October 5, 2026, and must be submitted via email to atkinson@anl.gov.
The required Base System consists of sixteen (16) NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 rack-based compute racks with all associated equipment, software, networking, installation, and support.
The contract will include five (5) years of maintenance and support for all hardware, software, firmware, licenses, networking components, management components, and contractor-provided cooling equipment.
The procurement method is a Request for Proposal (RFP) with award based on a best-value tradeoff methodology.
The issuing agency is the Department of Energy, acting through UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory.
Offerors may also submit one or more Alternative Commercial Structure (ACS) approaches in addition to the required Base System proposal.
Questions or requests for clarification must be submitted via email to atkinson@anl.gov by 4:30 PM CST on September 23, 2026.
The proposal must remain valid for acceptance for a minimum period of seventy-five (75) days after the closing date.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide, or cause to be provided, a binding LTO financing commitment available to the Laboratory on terms acceptable to the Laboratory, as a condition of award for any purchase-based proposal requiring LTO financing.
Requirement: The proposed LTO arrangement shall provide for a term of forty-eight (48) months.
Requirement: The Offeror shall complete and submit Enclosure No. 7, SaaS Questionnaire, with its proposal if the proposed solution includes any cloud-hosted service, cloud communication, software-as-a-service component, or other externally hosted operational dependency.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide a complete Bill of Materials (BOM) as a separate attachment to the Technical Proposal, containing no pricing information.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide its most recently completed quarterly or yearly financial statements, inclusive of notes to the consolidated financial statements, in the Business/Management Proposal.
Requirement: The Offeror shall provide a statement that the proposal will remain valid for acceptance for a minimum period of seventy-five (75) days after the closing date set for receipt of proposals.
Requirement: The Offeror shall include a fully completed and signed 'ANL-70B Representations and Certifications' with its proposal.

Term: Five (5) years
Method: Request for Proposal
Documents: 17 files

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Court Atkinson

atkinson@anl.govEmail (630) 252-3388Phone

Location:

IL 60439

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Notice

c78724f45f994f849f94d151a96e1213

6-B143-P-00251-00

Method

Solicitation

Duration

Five (5) years

What this bid is asking for

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Deliver a complete, scalable, rack-scale AI computing environment (Equinox) based on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems, including compute, networking, software, and storage integration.
Provide all labor, materials, equipment, software, licenses, installation, integration, documentation, project management, and support for an operational production system.
Submit a Technical Proposal, a Business/Management Proposal, and a Price Proposal, each as separate files, with the Price Proposal using the provided Enclosure No. 3A form.
Complete and submit the 'ANL-70B Representations and Certifications' and, if applicable, the SaaS Questionnaire (Enclosure No. 7).
Provide a binding lease-to-ownership (LTO) financing commitment for any purchase-based proposal requiring financing, with a 48-month term.

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Enclosure No. 1 - RFP Cover Letter, Instructions, & Notices.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2A - Draft Purchase Order.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2B - Appendix A ANL-71COM.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2C - Statement of Work.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2D - Appendix D8C.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2E - Appendix E ANL-366M.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2F - Appendix E.1 ANL-366TCSB.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2G - Appendix TBD ANL-829-MLAV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2H - Appendix TBD ANL-830-LTOV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2I - Appendix TBD ANL-826-MLANV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2J - Appendix TBD ANL-827-LTONV.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 2K - Appendix TBD Sample Lease Payment Schedule.xlsxXLSX

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Enclosure No. 3A - Pricing Proposal Form.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 4 - Evaluation Criteria.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 5 - ANL-70B.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 6 - Tax Exemption Certificate.pdfPDF

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Enclosure No. 7 - SaaS Questionnaire.xlsxXLSX

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Questions & answers

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What is the due date for proposals?

Offers shall be submitted via e-mail to atkinson@anl.gov by 4:30 PM, CST on October 5, 2026.

Who is the point of contact for this solicitation?

Court Atkinson, Procurement Specialist, at atkinson@anl.gov.

What is the required Base System configuration?

What is the deadline for submitting questions?

Any prospective Offeror desiring a clarification, explanation, or interpretation must request it in an email to atkinson@anl.gov by 4:30PM CST on September 23, 2026.

What is the period of performance for maintenance and support?

Five (5) years maintenance and support.

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Awardee

Title

Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System

R Score

Is Active

Yes

Is Canceled

Publish Date

Sep 18, 2026

Descriptions

Content: <p>UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory under a prime contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has responsibility for acquiring the supplies and services that are the subject of this Request for Proposal (RFP), con
Last Modified Date: Sep 18, 2026

Modified Date

Sep 18, 2026

Response Date

Oct 5, 2026

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America/Chicago

Response Date Actual

Oct 5, 2026

Solicitation Number

6-B143-P-00251-00

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Title

Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System

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Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System

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