Datacenter immersion cooling cart, ni DAQ

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is procuring a datacenter immersion cooling cart with National Instruments data acquisition equipment through its Buildings and Transportation Science Division. The solicitation specifically seeks a CDAQ-9189 8-slot CompactDAQ chassis with Ethernet interface, along with six additional specialized measurement modules including temperature input modules, voltage/current input modules, a current output module, and a digital output module. Offerors must meet NAICS Code 335999 requirements for electrical equipment manufacturing companies with up to 600 employees and submit firm fixed price proposals. The procurement will be awarded to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable proposal based on cost evaluation criteria. Critical deadlines include September 12, 2025 for questions submission and September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST for final proposal submission, with offers required to remain valid for 120 days.

This procurement does not include any small business set-aside designations and is open to all qualifying vendors in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector. No current incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation documents, and no specific award values or budget ranges are disclosed. The Bill of Materials identifies seven distinct line items of National Instruments CompactDAQ system components, though specific quantities beyond the core system requirements are not detailed in the available documentation. Performance will take place in Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory facility. The period of performance has not yet been determined and will likely be established during the contract negotiation process following vendor selection.