Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), managed and operated by UT-Battelle, LLC is releasing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the next generation of high performance computing (HPC) system, OLCF-6.
The release of the RFP begins a mandatory quiet period in which all communication related to OLCF-6 between UT-Battelle and the vendors must come through Justin Keck, ORNL Procurement Manager, who can be reached at [email protected] or 865-241-6445.
Interested Offerors are requested to provide a contact name, phone number, and email address to Mr. Keck via email no later than July 31, 2024.
Offerors should monitor this website for all amendments, questions and answers, and updated information related to this procurement.
Questions should be submitted to [email protected] on or before August 9, 2024. UT-Battelle will respond to questions received from potential bidders by COB August 16, 2024. It is anticipated that most questions will be answered in the form of a Q&A which will be posted to the RFP site and available to all potential bidders. Answers to questions that are based on an Offeror’s competitive bid strategy or proprietary information will only be provided to the Offeror who submitted the question(s). In all cases, UT-Battelle will determine what questions and answers (Q&A) will be posted to the OLCF-6 RFP web site and what Q&A will be provided only to the Offeror who submitted the question(s).
Offerors may submit multiple proposals with different technologies.
Proposals must be submitted no later than 5pm ET on August 30, 2024.
Key dates:
- July 19, 2024 – RFP Release.
- July 31, 2024 – Interested offerors should provide contact information to Justin Keck no later than this date.
- August 9, 2024 – Questions should be submitted on or before this date.
- August 16, 2024 – UT-Battelle responses to questions due.
- August 30, 2024 – Proposals must be submitted no later than 5pm ET.
RFP documents are posted below.
- OLCF-6 RFP Cover Letter (07-19-2024)
- Attachment A – ORNL General Terms and Conditions – Commercial Item (Aug. 29, 2023)
- Attachment B – ORNL Prime Supplemental Flowdowns
- Attachment C – OLCF-6 Technical Requirements Document (TRD)
- Attachment D – Representations and Certifications – Abbreviated (May 18, 2023)
- Attachment E – Proposal Evaluation and Proposal Preparation Instructions (PEPPI) (August 19, 1024)
- Attachment F – OLCF-6 Draft Lease Agreement (Jun. 24, 2024)
- Attachment G – OLCF-6 Price Schedule (Jun. 24, 2024)
- Attachment H – ORNL Exhibit 9 Technical Data (June 2011)
- Attachment I – OLCF-6 Draft Non-Recurring Engineering Subcontract (Jul. 19, 2024)
- Attachment J – ORNL Exhibit 17 Rights to Proposal Data (Technical) (Oct 1991)
- Attachment K – OLCF-6 Draft Cloud Service Agreement (TBD)
- Attachment L – OLCF-6 Build Technical Proposal (Volume 1) Template
- OLCF-6 Benchmarks
