Buy the cluster.
Not the markup.
We act as your buy-side agent for GPU hardware. We run the RFP, compare bids line by line, audit the bill of materials, and negotiate with OEMs and ODMs. You buy on your own paper and stay in control of every contract.
Retainer or phased engagement / scope in writing
- Role
- Buy-side agent
- Contracts
- On your paper
- Vendors
- Strictly agnostic
- Platforms
- GB300, B300, MI355X, MI350P
- Engagement
- Retainer or phased
What you get.
Requirements and RFP
A clear technical specification turned into an RFP that vendors can quote against and you can compare fairly.
Bid comparison
Every bid normalized line by line: GPUs, nodes, fabric, optics, cabling, storage, support, and delivery terms.
Bill of materials audit
We check quantities, part numbers, and compatibility so missing optics or mismatched cables surface before the order, not during bring-up.
Negotiation support
Pricing, delivery dates, payment milestones, warranty, and spares negotiated with you at the table.
Delivery tracking
Order status, logistics, and receiving coordinated with the facility so hardware lands ready to install.
Scope and deliverables.
Scoped per engagement. Your proposal names the phases, deliverables, and the engineers on them.
- OEMs
- Tier-one server vendors
- ODMs
- Authorized white-box builders
- Networking
- Switches, NICs, optics
- Storage
- Parallel FS and object
- Contract
- Your name, your terms
- Milestones
- Tied to acceptance
- Warranty
- Terms and spares compared
- Support
- Response terms reviewed
- Lead times
- Tracked per component
- Compatibility
- Checked before order
- Substitutions
- Reviewed and approved
- Receiving
- Coordinated with site
- RFP
- Technical specification
- Scorecard
- Normalized bid comparison
- BOM
- Audited parts list
- Tracker
- Order and delivery status
Where this fits.
Teams placing their first eight-figure hardware order who want an experienced buyer on their side.
Organizations without a dedicated hardware sourcing function.
Operators adding capacity who want competitive bids rather than a single-vendor quote.
How the work runs.
Phased, with a written deliverable at every gate. Stop after any phase, or keep us on retainer.
- Specification: requirements turned into a vendor-ready RFP.
- Sourcing: bids requested from OEMs, ODMs, and network and storage vendors.
- Evaluation: normalized scorecard, BOM audit, and recommendation.
- Negotiation: pricing, delivery, milestones, and warranty with you.
- Delivery: tracking through receiving, then hand off to acceptance testing.
Tell us what you are building.
An engineer replies with a proposed scope and engagement plan. No pricing on the website, no sales sequence.
contact@crystalcloud.ai / Los Angeles, CA