High Performance Computer
| Location: | Tennessee |
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| Posted: | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Due: | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Agency: | ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
| Category: | |
| Solicitation No: | 2025HPCORNL |
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- Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
- Original Published Date: Nov 03, 2025 03:32 pm EST
- Original Response Date: Dec 01, 2025 05:00 pm EST
- Inactive Policy: Manual
- Original Inactive Date: Dec 15, 2025
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: 7B20 - IT AND TELECOM - HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTE (HARDWARE AND PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE)
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NAICS Code:
- 541519 - Other Computer Related Services
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Place of Performance:
Oak Ridge , TN 37830USA
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
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory PO Box 2008
- Oak Ridge , TN 37831
- USA
- James Brimhall
- brimhalljm@ornl.gov
- Nov 03, 2025 03:32 pm ESTSources Sought (Original)
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