Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System
Energy · ARGONNE NATL LAB - DOE CONTRACTOR
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 6-B143-P-00251-00 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- 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
UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory under a prime contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has responsibility for acquiring the supplies and services that are the subject of this Request for Proposal (RFP), consisting of an artificial intelligence computing system and associated software/licensing, installation, and maintenance and support services. Offerors are invited to submit proposals in accordance with the solicitation requirements. UPDATE (09/28/2026): Please kindly note that additional documentation has been included to amend this solicitation: 1. A… (show all)
ddendum No. 1 to RFP #6-B143-P-00251-00
Who won similar work
834 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Energy), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 16 | $2.8M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VALI COOPER INTERNATIONAL LLC | 14 | $37.2M | Aug 5, 2026 |
| ENERGY BY NATIVE AMERICAN DESIGN CORP | 11 | $2.8M | Jun 2, 2026 |
| RLH INC. | 11 | $514K | Sep 2, 2026 |
| COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC. | 11 | $300K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 9 | $3.4M | Aug 13, 2026 |
| VECTOR RESOURCE INC | 8 | $85.9M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| HUGHES BROTHERS INC | 8 | $10.3M | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Aantilia LLC | 8 | $504K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| SOFTWARE INFORMATION RESOURCE CORP. | 8 | $82K | Jul 27, 2026 |
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.
- Oct 16, 2026Booth Management Consulting, LLC$194KR--Project and Contract Management Support
- Sep 30, 2026ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.$785KD--Buyer: Anissa Beasinger.Renewal of AspenTech li
- Sep 30, 2026MR SOLUTIONS INC$1.5M66--ImaCore 3D Imaging Rock Core Imaging MRI System
- Sep 30, 2026MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC$572K66--IRA Funds. Purchase of High-Performance X-Ray Diff
- Sep 30, 2026HOPEWELL DESIGNS, INC.$184K66--Firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to Hopewell Designs for N40-1-A Neutron Irradiator System.
- Sep 30, 2026TECHCOMP USA INC$105K66--Purchase of degasser from Isotopx.
- Sep 30, 2026PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.$619K66--IRA Funds for purchase of Sub-500nm Laser Scanning
- Sep 30, 2026GEM TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, CORP$243KR--TEPS III NRLFO MSD Records Administrative Assistan
- Sep 30, 2026TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS, INC.$359K66--High Pressure Pumps
- 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 Commission
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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Energy, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Energy, Dept of job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 75 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.