diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a92cbb71..5f7631ee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,15 +3,26 @@ FROM quay.io/projectquay/golang:1.24 AS builder
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
-# ENV GOPROXY=https://goproxy.io,direct
+# Install build tools
+RUN dnf install -y gcc-c++ libstdc++ libstdc++-devel && dnf clean all
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
+
+## NeuralMagic internal repos pull config
+ARG GIT_NM_USER
+ARG NM_TOKEN
+### use git token
+RUN echo -e "machine github.com\n\tlogin ${GIT_NM_USER}\n\tpassword ${NM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.netrc
+ENV GOPRIVATE=github.com/neuralmagic
+ENV GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=1
+
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
 COPY go.mod go.mod
 COPY go.sum go.sum
 # cache deps before building and copying source so that we don't need to re-download as much
 # and so that source changes don't invalidate our downloaded layer
 RUN go mod download
+RUN rm -rf ~/.netrc # remove git token
 
 # Copy the go source
 COPY cmd ./cmd
@@ -19,12 +30,20 @@ COPY pkg ./pkg
 COPY internal ./internal
 COPY api ./api
 
+# HuggingFace tokenizer bindings
+RUN mkdir -p lib
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/daulet/tokenizers/releases/download/v1.20.2/libtokenizers.${TARGETOS}-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz | tar -xz -C lib
+RUN ranlib lib/*.a
+
 # Build
 # the GOARCH has not a default value to allow the binary be built according to the host where the command
 # was called. For example, if we call make image-build in a local env which has the Apple Silicon M1 SO
 # the docker BUILDPLATFORM arg will be linux/arm64 when for Apple x86 it will be linux/amd64. Therefore,
 # by leaving it empty we can ensure that the container and binary shipped on it will have the same platform.
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=${TARGETOS:-linux} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -o bin/epp cmd/epp/main.go cmd/epp/health.go
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
+ENV GOOS=${TARGETOS:-linux}
+ENV GOARCH=${TARGETARCH}
+RUN go build -o bin/epp -ldflags="-extldflags '-L$(pwd)/lib'" cmd/epp/main.go cmd/epp/health.go
 
 # Use distroless as minimal base image to package the manager binary
 # Refer to https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless for more details
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0bfb19fc..bb4f078d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -489,7 +489,12 @@ buildah-build: check-builder load-version-json ## Build and push image (multi-ar
 .PHONY:	image-build
 image-build: check-container-tool load-version-json ## Build container image using $(CONTAINER_TOOL)
 	@printf "\033[33;1m==== Building container image $(IMG) ====\033[0m\n"
-	$(CONTAINER_TOOL) build --build-arg TARGETOS=$(TARGETOS) --build-arg TARGETARCH=$(TARGETARCH) -t $(IMG) .
+	$(CONTAINER_TOOL) build --platform=$(TARGETOS)/$(TARGETARCH) \
+ 		--build-arg TARGETOS=$(TARGETOS) \
+		--build-arg TARGETARCH=$(TARGETARCH) \
+		--build-arg GIT_NM_USER=$(GIT_NM_USER)\
+        --build-arg NM_TOKEN=$(NM_TOKEN) \
+ 		-t $(IMG) .
 
 .PHONY: image-push
 image-push: check-container-tool load-version-json ## Push container image $(IMG) to registry
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4cdb1781..12d4186e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@
 
 This project offers tools for AI Inference, enabling developers to build [Inference Gateways].
 
+---
+## Temporary Fork Configuration
+
+To enable KVCacheAwareScorer, the following env vars must be configured:
+```
+export ENABLE_KVCACHE_AWARE_SCORER=true
+export KVCACHE_AWARE_SCORER_WEIGHT=1.0
+export KVCACHE_INDEXER_REDIS_ADDR=<redis-service>
+export HF_TOKEN=<HuggingFace Token that has access to the vLLM models>
+```
+
+To enable LoadAwareScorer, the following env vars must be configured:
+```
+export ENABLE_LOAD_AWARE_SCORER=true
+export LOAD_AWARE_SCORER_WEIGHT=1.0
+```
+---
 [Inference Gateways]:#concepts-and-definitions
 
 ## Concepts and Definitions
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7da23767..dff0542e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.24.1
+
+toolchain go1.24.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/elastic/crd-ref-docs v0.1.0
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.32.4
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
+	github.com/neuralmagic/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.0.0-20250430102735-86595011431d
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
@@ -41,7 +44,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20241223141626-cff3c89139a3 // indirect
+	github.com/daulet/tokenizers v1.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
+	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
@@ -90,6 +96,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
+	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.3 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 // indirect
@@ -104,15 +111,15 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.39.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.30.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 11c244d4..ea299e2f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:Ny8MWAHyOepLGlLKYmXG4IEkioBysk6GpaRTLC8zwWs=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:SwYbGRRDovPVboqFv0tPTcG1sN61LM1Z4ARdbAV9g4c=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10 h1:yeMWxP2pV2fG3FgAODIY8EiRE3dy0aeFYt4l7wh6yKA=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:JyEr/xRbxbtgWNi8tIEVPUYZ5Dzef52k01W3YH0H+O0=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
@@ -24,10 +28,14 @@ github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20241223141626-cff3c89139a3 h1:boJj011Hh+874zpIySe
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20241223141626-cff3c89139a3/go.mod h1:W+zGtBO5Y1IgJhy4+A9GOqVhqLpfZi+vwmdNXUehLA8=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
+github.com/daulet/tokenizers v1.20.2 h1:tlq/vIOiBTKDPets3596aFvmJYLn3XI6LFKq4q9LKhQ=
+github.com/daulet/tokenizers v1.20.2/go.mod h1:tGnMdZthXdcWY6DGD07IygpwJqiPvG85FQUnhs/wSCs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
 github.com/elastic/crd-ref-docs v0.1.0 h1:Cr5kz89QB3Iuuj7dhAfLMApCrChEGAaIBTxGk/xuRKw=
 github.com/elastic/crd-ref-docs v0.1.0/go.mod h1:X83mMBdJt05heJUYiS3T0yJ/JkCuliuhSUNav5Gjo/U=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
@@ -100,6 +108,8 @@ github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 h1:PPwGk2jz7EePpoHN/+ClbZu8SPxiqlu12wZP/3sWm
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.20.0 h1:bkypFPDjIYGfCYD5mRBvpqxfYX1YCS1PXdKYWi8FsN0=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.20.0/go.mod h1:P+Lt/0by1T8bfcF3z737NnSbmxQAppXMRziHUxPOC8k=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 h1:a+bsQ5rvGLjzHuww6tVxozPZFVghXaHOwFs4luLUK2k=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 h1:/Gcsuc1x8JVbJ9/rlye4xZnVAbEkGauT8lbebqcQws4=
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3/go.mod h1:y5/lhBue+AyNmUVz9RLU9xbLR0o4KIIExikq4ovT0aE=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 h1:3tnifQM4i+fbajXKBHXWEH+KvNHqojZ778UH75j3bGA=
@@ -147,6 +157,8 @@ github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f h1:y5//uYreIhSUg3J1GEMiLbxo1LJaP8RfCpH6pymGZus=
 github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f/go.mod h1:ZdcZmHo+o7JKHSa8/e818NopupXU1YMK5fe1lsApnBw=
+github.com/neuralmagic/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.0.0-20250430102735-86595011431d h1:6YSxvAG4ve5jy0nTLs509OMU5fuiQ3JNQdZxqiu8PgQ=
+github.com/neuralmagic/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.0.0-20250430102735-86595011431d/go.mod h1:VB+KcEemkO1ZKpz/hgUPQMU9oSLv2uCLW6y6c+r8jkQ=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8/go.mod h1:+ncqLTQzXmGhMZNUePPaPqPvBxHAIsmXswZKocGu+AU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
@@ -172,6 +184,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.63.0 h1:YR/EIY1o3mEFP/kZCD7iDMnLPlGyuU2Gb3HIcXnA
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.63.0/go.mod h1:VVFF/fBIoToEnWRVkYoXEkq3R3paCoxG9PXP74SnV18=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0learggepc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.3 h1:YpPyAayJV+XErNsatSElgRZZVCwXX9QzkKYNvO7x0wM=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.3/go.mod h1:bGUrSggJ9X9GUmZpZNEOQKaANxSGgOEBRltRTZHSvrA=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR38lUII=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1/go.mod h1:uMEvuHeurkdAXX61udpOXGD/AzZDWNMNyH2VO9fmH0o=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
@@ -226,8 +240,8 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0 h1:AnAEvhDddvBdpY+uR+MyHmuZzzNqXSe/GvuDeob5L34=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0/go.mod h1:Y4J0ReaxCR1IMaabaSMugxJES1EpwhBHhv2bDHklZvc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0 h1:kJNSjF/Xp7kU0iB2Z+9viTPMW4EqqsrywMXLJOOsXSE=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0/go.mod h1:vg+k43peMZ0pUMhYmVAWysMK35e6ioLh3wB8ZCAfbVc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 h1:2dVuKD2vS7b0QIHQbpyTISPd0LeHDbnYEryqj5Q1ug8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -238,17 +252,15 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
-golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 h1:vRMAPTMaeGqVhG5QyLJHqNDwecKTomGeqbnfZyKlBI8=
-golang.org/x/net v0.38.0/go.mod h1:ivrbrMbzFq5J41QOQh0siUuly180yBYtLp+CKbEaFx8=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0 h1:CY4y7XT9v0cRI9oupztF8AgiIu99L/ksR/Xp/6jrZ70=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.25.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/net v0.39.0 h1:ZCu7HMWDxpXpaiKdhzIfaltL9Lp31x/3fCP11bc6/fY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.39.0/go.mod h1:X7NRbYVEA+ewNkCNyJ513WmMdQ3BineSwVtN2zD/d+E=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0 h1:da9Vo7/tDv5RH/7nZDz1eMGS/q1Vv1N/7FCrBhI9I3M=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0/go.mod h1:onh5ek6nERTohokkhCD/y2cV4Do3fxFHFuAejCkRWT8=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0 h1:MHc5BpPuC30uJk597Ri8TV3CNZcTLu6B6z4lJy+g6Jw=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.13.0 h1:AauUjRAJ9OSnvULf/ARrrVywoJDy0YS2AwQ98I37610=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.13.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -256,13 +268,13 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0 h1:s77OFDvIQeibCmezSnk/q6iAfkdiQaJi4VzroCFrN20=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/term v0.30.0 h1:PQ39fJZ+mfadBm0y5WlL4vlM7Sx1Hgf13sMIY2+QS9Y=
-golang.org/x/term v0.30.0/go.mod h1:NYYFdzHoI5wRh/h5tDMdMqCqPJZEuNqVR5xJLd/n67g=
+golang.org/x/term v0.31.0 h1:erwDkOK1Msy6offm1mOgvspSkslFnIGsFnxOKoufg3o=
+golang.org/x/term v0.31.0/go.mod h1:R4BeIy7D95HzImkxGkTW1UQTtP54tio2RyHz7PwK0aw=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 h1:D71I7dUrlY+VX0gQShAThNGHFxZ13dGLBHQLVl1mJlY=
-golang.org/x/text v0.23.0/go.mod h1:/BLNzu4aZCJ1+kcD0DNRotWKage4q2rGVAg4o22unh4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.24.0 h1:dd5Bzh4yt5KYA8f9CJHCP4FB4D51c2c6JvN37xJJkJ0=
+golang.org/x/text v0.24.0/go.mod h1:L8rBsPeo2pSS+xqN0d5u2ikmjtmoJbDBT1b7nHvFCdU=
 golang.org/x/time v0.7.0 h1:ntUhktv3OPE6TgYxXWv9vKvUSJyIFJlyohwbkEwPrKQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.7.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/pkg/epp/handlers/request.go b/pkg/epp/handlers/request.go
index 203afc2f..4997a8b3 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/handlers/request.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/handlers/request.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import (
 	logutil "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/util/logging"
 )
 
+const emptyPrompt = ""
+
 // HandleRequestBody always returns the requestContext even in the error case, as the request context is used in error handling.
 func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 	ctx context.Context,
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 		Headers:             reqCtx.RequestHeaders,
 		ResolvedTargetModel: modelName,
 		Critical:            modelObj.Spec.Criticality != nil && *modelObj.Spec.Criticality == v1alpha2.Critical,
+		Prompt:              emptyPrompt,
 	}
 	logger.V(logutil.DEBUG).Info("LLM request assembled", "request", llmReq)
 
@@ -76,6 +79,10 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 	if llmReq.Model != llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel {
 		requestBodyMap["model"] = llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel
 	}
+	// Extract prompt from the request body.
+	if prompt, ok := requestBodyMap["prompt"].(string); ok {
+		llmReq.Prompt = prompt
+	}
 
 	requestBodyBytes, err = json.Marshal(requestBodyMap)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/local_config.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/local_config.go
index 87098ae0..2e261a87 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/local_config.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/local_config.go
@@ -17,12 +17,61 @@ limitations under the License.
 package scheduling
 
 import (
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorers"
+	"context"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/picker"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer"
+	envutil "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/util/env"
+	logutil "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/util/logging"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	defaultConfig.scorers[&scorers.LoadBasedScorer{}] = 1.0
+const (
+	kvCacheScorerEnablementEnvVar   = "ENABLE_KVCACHE_AWARE_SCORER"
+	loadAwareScorerEnablementEnvVar = "ENABLE_LOAD_AWARE_SCORER"
 
-	// Added as a reference
-	// defaultConfig.filters = []plugins.Filter{filter.PDFilter}
+	kvCacheScorerWeightEnvVar   = "KVCACHE_AWARE_SCORER_WEIGHT"
+	loadAwareScorerWeightEnvVar = "LOAD_AWARE_SCORER_WEIGHT"
+)
+
+func setDefaultConfig() {
+	// since the default config is a global variable, we add this function to minimize rebase conflicts.
+	// this configuration is a temporary state, it should be better streamlined.
+	setLoadAwareScorer()
+	setKVCacheAwareScorer()
+
+	defaultConfig.picker = picker.NewMaxScorePicker()
+}
+
+func setLoadAwareScorer() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	loggerDebug := log.FromContext(ctx).WithName("scheduler_config").V(logutil.DEBUG)
+
+	if envutil.GetEnvString(loadAwareScorerEnablementEnvVar, "false", loggerDebug) != "true" {
+		loggerDebug.Info("Skipping LoadAwareScorer creation as it is not enabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	loadBasedScorerWeight := envutil.GetEnvInt(loadAwareScorerWeightEnvVar, 1, loggerDebug)
+	defaultConfig.scorers[&scorer.LoadAwareScorer{}] = loadBasedScorerWeight
+	loggerDebug.Info("Initialized LoadAwareScorer", "weight", loadBasedScorerWeight)
+}
+
+func setKVCacheAwareScorer() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	loggerDebug := log.FromContext(ctx).WithName("scheduler_config").V(logutil.DEBUG)
+
+	if envutil.GetEnvString(kvCacheScorerEnablementEnvVar, "false", loggerDebug) != "true" {
+		loggerDebug.Info("Skipping KVCacheAwareScorer creation as it is not enabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	kvCacheScorer, err := scorer.NewKVCacheAwareScorer(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		loggerDebug.Error(err, "Failed to create KVCacheAwareScorer")
+		return
+	}
+
+	kvCacheScorerWeight := envutil.GetEnvInt(kvCacheScorerWeightEnvVar, 1, loggerDebug)
+	defaultConfig.scorers[kvCacheScorer] = kvCacheScorerWeight
+	loggerDebug.Info("Initialized KVCacheAwareScorer", "weight", kvCacheScorerWeight)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer/kvcache-aware-scorer.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer/kvcache-aware-scorer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc025751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer/kvcache-aware-scorer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Neural Magic Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package scorer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	kvcache "github.com/neuralmagic/llm-d-kv-cache-manager/pkg/kv-cache"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/types"
+
+	logutil "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/util/logging"
+)
+
+const (
+	kvCacheAwareScorerName = "kvcache-aware-scorer"
+	kvCacheRedisEnvVar     = "KVCACHE_INDEXER_REDIS_ADDR"
+	huggingFaceTokenEnvVar = "HF_TOKEN"
+)
+
+// KVCacheAwareScorer uses the KVCacheIndexer to score pods based on KVCache
+// awareness.
+type KVCacheAwareScorer struct {
+	kvCacheIndexer *kvcache.Indexer
+}
+
+// NewKVCacheAwareScorer creates a new KVCacheAwareScorer instance.
+// It initializes the KVCacheIndexer from environment variables.
+//
+// If the environment variables are not set, or if the indexer
+// fails to initialize, an error is returned.
+func NewKVCacheAwareScorer(ctx context.Context) (plugins.Scorer, error) {
+	config := kvcache.NewDefaultConfig()
+
+	redisAddr := os.Getenv(kvCacheRedisEnvVar)
+	if redisAddr != "" {
+		config.KVBlockIndexerConfig.RedisKVBlockIndexerConfig.RedisAddr = redisAddr
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("environment variable %s is not set", kvCacheRedisEnvVar)
+	}
+
+	hfToken := os.Getenv(huggingFaceTokenEnvVar)
+	if hfToken != "" {
+		config.TokenizersPoolConfig.HFTokenizerConfig.HuggingFaceToken = hfToken
+	} else {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("environment variable %s is not set", huggingFaceTokenEnvVar)
+	}
+
+	kvCacheIndexer, err := kvcache.NewKVCacheIndexer(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create KVCacheIndexer: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	go kvCacheIndexer.Run(ctx)
+
+	return &KVCacheAwareScorer{
+		kvCacheIndexer: kvCacheIndexer,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of the scorer.
+func (s *KVCacheAwareScorer) Name() string {
+	return kvCacheAwareScorerName
+}
+
+// Score scores the provided pod based on the KVCache index state.
+// The returned scores are normalized to a range of 0-1.
+func (s *KVCacheAwareScorer) Score(ctx *types.SchedulingContext, pods []types.Pod) map[types.Pod]float64 {
+	loggerDebug := log.FromContext(ctx).WithName(kvCacheAwareScorerName).V(logutil.DEBUG)
+	if ctx.Req == nil {
+		loggerDebug.Info("Request is nil, skipping scoring")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	scores, err := s.kvCacheIndexer.GetPodScores(ctx.Context, ctx.Req.Prompt, ctx.Req.Model, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		loggerDebug.Error(err, "Failed to get pod scores")
+		return nil
+	}
+	loggerDebug.Info("Got pod scores", "scores", scores)
+
+	return indexerScoresToNormalizedScoredPods(pods, scores)
+}
+
+func getMinMax(scores map[string]int) (int, int) {
+	minScore := int(^uint(0) >> 1) // max int
+	maxScore := -1
+
+	for _, score := range scores {
+		if score < minScore {
+			minScore = score
+		}
+		if score > maxScore {
+			maxScore = score
+		}
+	}
+
+	return minScore, maxScore
+}
+
+func indexerScoresToNormalizedScoredPods(pods []types.Pod, scores map[string]int) map[types.Pod]float64 {
+	scoredPods := make(map[types.Pod]float64)
+	minScore, maxScore := getMinMax(scores)
+
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		metricsPod := pod.GetPod()
+		if metricsPod == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if score, ok := scores[metricsPod.Address]; ok {
+			if minScore == maxScore {
+				scoredPods[pod] = 1.0
+				continue
+			}
+
+			scoredPods[pod] = float64(score-minScore) / float64(maxScore-minScore)
+		} else {
+			scoredPods[pod] = 0.0
+		}
+	}
+
+	return scoredPods
+}
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorers/load_based_scorer.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer/load_based_scorer.go
similarity index 88%
rename from pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorers/load_based_scorer.go
rename to pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer/load_based_scorer.go
index 5bea87c9..d24f49b3 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorers/load_based_scorer.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer/load_based_scorer.go
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
-package scorers
+
+package scorer
 
 import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/config"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/types"
 )
 
-type LoadBasedScorer struct{}
+type LoadAwareScorer struct{}
 
-func (s LoadBasedScorer) Name() string {
-	return "load based scorer"
+func (s *LoadAwareScorer) Name() string {
+	return "load-aware-scorer"
 }
 
 // Score scores the given pod in range of 0-1
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func (s LoadBasedScorer) Name() string {
 // Pod with requests in the queue will get score between 0.5 and 0.
 // Score 0 will get pod with number of requests in the queue equal to the threshold used in load-based filter (QueueingThresholdLoRA)
 // In future pods with additional capacity will get score higher than 0.5
-func (s LoadBasedScorer) Score(ctx *types.SchedulingContext, pods []types.Pod) map[types.Pod]float64 {
+func (s *LoadAwareScorer) Score(ctx *types.SchedulingContext, pods []types.Pod) map[types.Pod]float64 {
 	scoredPods := make(map[types.Pod]float64)
 
 	for _, pod := range pods {
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
index 9bad6131..f4e1714d 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func NewScheduler(datastore Datastore) *Scheduler {
+	setDefaultConfig()
 	return NewSchedulerWithConfig(datastore, defaultConfig)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scorers_test.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scorers_test.go
index 365b2375..a98a838b 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scorers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scorers_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	backendmetrics "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/backend/metrics" // Import config for thresholds
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/picker"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorers"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/scorer"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/types"
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestScorers(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:   "load based scorer",
-			scorer: &scorers.LoadBasedScorer{},
+			scorer: &scorer.LoadAwareScorer{},
 			req: &types.LLMRequest{
 				Model:               "critical",
 				ResolvedTargetModel: "critical",