Request for Proposals 7- - FP Best Value

Enclosure 1 Part A:

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Fixed Price Terms and Conditions

Financial Management and Procurement Services
Procurement Department
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue, Bldg. 201
Lemont, IL 60439

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) NO. 7-S176-Q-00012-00

This package includes

RFP INSTRUCTION COVER LETTER (Enclosure 1 Part A)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS (Enclosure 1 Part B)

NOTICES TO OFFERORS (Enclosure 1, Part C)

November 11, 2026

To All Prospective Offerors:

Subject: Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 7-S176-Q-00012-00 based on Argonne Statement of Work for “Custom R&D Box Furnace” dated October 12, 2026

UChicago Argonne, LLC, operator of Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne or Laboratory) under a prime contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has the responsibility of obtaining the items which are the subject of this Request for Proposal (RFP). You are invited to submit a firm fixed price proposal for meeting this requirement. Your attention is directed to the enclosed documents which constitute requirements for this RFP and should be fully complied with and completed as indicated. Note that this is a request for proposal, not a contract/agreement. The Laboratory intends to issue an award resulting from this solicitation based on the Best Value/Trade-Off methodology.

It should be understood, this RFP neither commits nor obligates the Laboratory to purchase any goods/services under this RFP or its resulting agreement/contract.

Proposal Submission Format:
The Offeror is invited to submit a proposal in response to the subject RFP. The proposal shall be submitted electronically to Molly Hunter, Procurement Specialist, at [email protected] by December 1, 2026. The proposal should be structured in three (3) separate documents as follows: Part I - Technical Proposal
Please do not include any price information in this document. Part II – Business/Management Proposal
Part III - Price Proposal
All proposal submissions should be prepared with maximum economy and without elaborate visual content, ensuring the resources of both offerors and Laboratory evaluators are efficient. Submissions which are determined to be non-conforming to all requirements of the solicitation may result in rejection of the offer. Argonne National Laboratory assumes no liability for disclosure or use of unmarked data and may use or disclose such data for any purpose. Description of Work
The work consists of furnishing all materials, equipment, tools, supplies, etc., as described for a Custom R&D Box Furnace. All work is to be performed in accordance with the specifications outlined in the Statement of Work, “Custom R&D Box Furnace” dated October 12, 2026.