Sources sought
High Performance Computer
2025HPCORNL
Department of Energy, ORNL Ut-Battelle LLC-DOE Contractor. Other Computer Related Services.
Response deadline
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST
Closed 290 days ago. Posted November 3, 2025. Scheduled to archive December 15, 2025.
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
High Performance Computer UT-Battelle, LLC seeks to procure a High-Performance Computing (HPC) system to be installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This procurement will be issued under a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) ICPT agreement. HPC system parameters -Compute cabinets must support 480 V, 3-phase power, and cabinet exhaust must be room-neutral. - Data center chilled water at 42 °F will be provided.
(If warmer water is required, the vendor must provide CDUs.) - The system must support a node mix of 75% CPU-only and 25% CPU/GPU nodes, and offer configurations with at least 4 GB of DDR memory per CPU core. - Total solution power draw may be up to 4 MW, and the system footprint must fit within 40 linear feet. - The system must be FIPS 140-3 and TAA compliant and support data-at-rest encryption.
Vendor eligibility criteria - Be the primary holder of a DOE ICPT agreement. - Have demonstrated experience being awarded a large HPC system within the past three (3) years. - Qualify as a small business under NAICS code 541519. If interested, please send the following to James Brimhall at brimhalljm@ornl.gov by November 21st: - Company name - Capability statement - Information on past awards demonstrating the capability to meet the specifications above - ICPT agreement number
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
November 3, 2025
Sources sought
Due December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice 6e069c3328f342d7a7ec8808cbe1f1d0
Points of contact
- James Brimhallbrimhalljm@ornl.gov
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