# Financing Options for Supercomputer Hardware at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/acqfy26004

- Solicitation number: ACQFY26004
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was February 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST
- Department: Department of Energy
- Contracting office: ORNL Ut-Battelle LLC-DOE Contractor (899042)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: R425 Engineering and Technical Services
- Place of performance: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- County: Anderson County (FIPS 47001). https://abierto.us/counties/anderson-county-tn-47001
- City: Oak Ridge. https://abierto.us/cities/oak-ridge-tn-4755120
- First posted: January 16, 2026
- Last posted: January 29, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7bf337fc627d43ca850c214494721706/view

## Description

Financing Options for Supercomputer Hardware at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), managed and operated by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to gather information from qualified financial institutions, leasing providers, or other organizations capable of offering lease-to-own (LTO) financing for the leadership-class high-performance computing (HPC) supercomputer system named Discovery, to be sited at ORNL.

## Publications

- January 16, 2026: Sources sought, due February 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice c56302093f964de187df98e2b93b17c2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c56302093f964de187df98e2b93b17c2/view
- January 29, 2026: Sources sought, due February 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice 7bf337fc627d43ca850c214494721706. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7bf337fc627d43ca850c214494721706/view

## Points of contact

- James Brimhall, brimhalljm@ornl.gov
- Justin Keck, keckjc@ornl.gov

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