Enclosure No. 3A - Pricing Proposal Form.pdf
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- Request for Proposal: ALCF Equinox AI System Federal contract opportunity
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This is a Price Proposal Form for the ALCF Equinox AI System, RFP No. 6-B143-P-00251-00, issued by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) with a proposal due date of September 18, 2026, and directed to Procurement Specialist Court Atkinson at atkinson@anl.gov.
The form requires offerors to price a mandatory Base System consisting of sixteen (16) NVIDIA GB300 NVL72-based compute racks with all associated equipment, software, networking, management, installation, integration, documentation, and five-year maintenance and support. The detailed price breakdown requires separate line items for: compute racks at a specified per-rack cost; east-west network equipment, optics, transceivers, and cables; north-south Ethernet equipment and related integration components; management, monitoring, telemetry, and administrative hardware; software and licenses; contractor-provided cooling and rack-interface equipment (if applicable); installation, integration, commissioning, and system bring-up; training; and five-year maintenance and support. The form also requires offerors to provide price reductions for potential pre-award rack quantity reductions from 16 racks down to 10 racks, with documentation of any non-linear assumptions. Optional items and future expansion must be separately priced on Enclosure No. 3B. Offerors must propose a fixed interest rate for a 48-month lease-to-ownership financing term and state origination fees and other fees, with a summary of total financing costs and total cost to the Laboratory. Delivery must be F.O.B. Destination with the offeror specifying delivery timeline in calendar days from order receipt. Proposals are valid for seventy-five (75) days after the proposal closing date, and offerors must acknowledge receipt of any RFP addenda.
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RFP No. 6-B143-P-00251-00
Enclosure No. 3A Price Proposal Form — Required Base System
RFP No. 6-B143-P-00251-00 ALCF Equinox AI System
September 18, 2026 To: Court Atkinson atkinson@anl.gov Procurement Specialist FMPS, Building 201 9700 South Cass Avenue Lemont, Illinois 60439-4873
In compliance with the Request for Proposal (RFP) identified above, the undersigned Offeror proposes to furnish all plant, labor, supervision, materials, equipment, software, licenses, installation, integration, documentation, maintenance, support, and other items necessary to provide the required Base System for the ALCF Equinox AI System in accordance with the RFP and the Statement of Work entitled Equinox AI System, dated September 1, 2026, for the sum identified below.
The Offeror understands that this form applies to the required Base System proposal only. Any Alternative Commercial Structure (ACS) approach must be separately priced on Enclosure No. 3B.
1. Base System Total Proposed Price
For the required Base System proposal, consisting of the mandatory proposal baseline of sixteen (16) NVIDIA GB300 NVL72-based compute racks and all associated equipment, software, networking, management, installation, integration, documentation, and support necessary to provide an operational production-capable resource:
TOTAL BASE SYSTEM PROPOSED PRICE: $___________________________________________
2. Required Base System Price Breakdown
The Offeror shall provide a complete price breakout for the required Base System, as applicable (Offeror to mark inapplicable fields as “N/A”). Pricing shall exclude any optional future expansion and additional capability, unless expressly identified in the sections below.
Description Amount
NVIDIA GB300 NVL72-based compute racks $_______ /rack x 16 racks = $___________
East-west network equipment, optics, transceivers, and cables $___________________________________ mailto:atkinson@anl.gov
Description Amount
North-south Ethernet equipment, optics, transceivers, cables, and related integration components $__________________________________
Management, monitoring, telemetry, and administrative hardware $__________________________________
Software and licenses required for operation of the Base System $__________________________________
Contractor-provided cooling-distribution / rack-interface equipment, if applicable $__________________________________
Installation, integration, commissioning, and system bring-up $__________________________________
Training $__________________________________
Five (5) years maintenance and support $______ /yr x 5 yrs = $________________
Other non-financed services or deliverables (add additional rows and corresponding descriptions as necessary)
Total Base System Price $__________________________________
Price Adjustment for Pre-Award Reduction in Rack Quantity
If, prior to award, the Laboratory elects to reduce the number of compute racks included in the required Base System from the proposed quantity of sixteen (16) racks, the Offeror shall provide the corresponding total reduction in price for each final awarded rack quantity identified below. Each stated reduction shall be measured against the Offeror's proposed total price for the required sixteen (16) rack Base System.
The Offeror shall not assume that any reduction is linear unless expressly stated. Any assumptions applicable to the reductions set forth below shall be identified.
Final Awarded Compute Rack Quantity
Total Reduction from Proposed 16-Rack Base System Price
Notes/ Assumptions
15 racks $____________________________
14 racks $____________________________
13 racks $____________________________
12 racks $____________________________
11 racks $____________________________
10 racks $____________________________
3. Optional Item(s)/Service(s) Pricing — Additional Capability / Future Expansion
If the Offeror proposes any optional and separately priced additional capability, phased deployment, or future expansion, such pricing shall be identified below and shall be separate from the required Base System price.
Description Quantity / Basis Proposed Delivery Timing Amount
4. Financing / Lease-to-Ownership (LTO) Information
Offeror must propose an LTO interest rate.
Financing Terms
Item Offeror Response
Financing term 48 months
Interest rate (fixed) _______%
Origination fees $_________________
Other fees $_________________
Financing Cost Summary
Item Amount
Total financing cost (interest + fees) $______________________________
Total cost to Laboratory over evaluated financing term $______________________________
5. Delivery
Product shall be shipped F.O.B. Destination. Delivery of the Base System can be made in ________ calendar days from receipt of order.
6. Acceptance Period This proposal may be accepted for a period of seventy-five (75) days after the closing date set for receipt of proposals.
7. Receipt of Addenda The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following addenda of the Request for Proposal (give number and date of each in the table below).
Failure to acknowledge receipt of an addendum may be cause for rejection of the proposal.
Addendum No. Dated
8. Offeror Certification
Offeror: _________________________________________________ By (Signature): ___________________________________________ Printed Name: ____________________________________________ Title: ____________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________________________________ Telephone: _______________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________
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