Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 6-B143-P-00251-00 in this department, oldest first.

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

• Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
• Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
• Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

Who won similar work

834 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Energy), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (819): middle half $28K to $497K, median $85K; range $267 to $3.0B.

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

• Oct 16, 2026Booth Management Consulting, LLC$194KR--Project and Contract Management SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.$785KD--Buyer: Anissa Beasinger.Renewal of AspenTech liMateriality: <0.01% of $EMR revenue (Low) SEC
• Sep 30, 2026MR SOLUTIONS INC$1.5M66--ImaCore 3D Imaging Rock Core Imaging MRI SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC$572K66--IRA Funds. Purchase of High-Performance X-Ray DiffNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026HOPEWELL DESIGNS, INC.$184K66--Firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to Hopewell Designs for N40-1-A Neutron Irradiator System.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026TECHCOMP USA INC$105K66--Purchase of degasser from Isotopx.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.$619K66--IRA Funds for purchase of Sub-500nm Laser ScanningNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026GEM TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, CORP$243KR--TEPS III NRLFO MSD Records Administrative AssistanNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS, INC.$359K66--High Pressure PumpsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 30, 2026HAZEN AND SAWYER, D.P.C. New York NY 10018 USA$1.0MConsulting Flood Hydrologist Services for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.