The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory awarded a $2.1 million firm fixed price definitive contract to the West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop processes for extracting rare earth elements from coal and coal by-products in an environmentally sound manner. The work will be conducted by the prime contractor and four major subcontractors - Eich Design LLC, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Marion Dupont Scott Equine Medical Center...
This federal contract award, valued at $3,000,000.00, was issued by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to West Virginia University (WVU) for the "Rare Earth Elements Recovery in Support of the Industrial BS Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program." The contract is an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) without a set-aside designation, indicating WVU's competitive positioning as a large public research institution capable of meeting complex federal requirements. WVU has a history of...
This is a $400,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of the University of Kentucky. The contract is for the "Rare Earth Element Identification and Characterization of Coal and Coal By-Products Containing High Rare Earth Element Concentrations." This contract is not a set-aside. The contractor will provide services related to the identification and...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to Xlight Corp, a Veteran Owned Business, for the identification and characterization of rare earth elements in coal and coal by-products. The contract has a ceiling value of $214,794.51 and was awarded on October 1, 2016, with a completion date of April 30, 2018. The contract is focused on the rare earth element identification and characterization of coal and coal by-products containing high...
This is a $1,499,580.00 firm fixed price contract awarded by the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy to the University of North Dakota, Division of Research & Economic Development (UND) to conduct sampling, characterization, and round robin analyses of domestic U.S. coal-based resources containing high rare earth element (REE) concentrations. The contract has no set-aside designation. UND is collaborating with subcontractors the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy...
This firm fixed-price federal contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to Tetra Tech, Inc., a global provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services. The contract, valued at $376,200.00, is for the Rare Earth Element Identification and Characterization of Coal and Coal By-Products Containing High Rare Earth Element Concentrations. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2018 and was awarded on September 27, 2016. This...
The Department of Energy awarded a $1.3 million firm fixed price definitive contract to Texas Mineral Resources Corp. (Texas Mineral) to support the Office of Fossil Energy's goal of developing processes for extracting rare earth elements from coal and coal by-products. Per the original solicitation, Texas Mineral will validate the capability of producing rare earth oxides from coal-based resources containing a minimum of 300 parts per million total rare earth elements. Work will be conducted at...
Concurrent Technologies Corporation has been awarded a $2,023,129 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to support the development of processes for extracting rare earth elements from coal and coal by-products. The work will involve enabling, separation, and process technologies to validate the capability of producing mixed rare earth oxides from coal-based resources containing a minimum of 300 parts per million total rare earth elements....
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy awarded a $2.15 million firm fixed price definitive contract to Biocarbon Technologies LLC, doing business as Biochar Now Montana, to develop processes for extracting rare earth elements from coal-based resources containing a minimum of 300 parts per million total rare earth elements. The work will be conducted at the company's facility in Missoula, Montana between October 2020 and July 2021. This award responds to the National Energy Technology...
Battelle Memorial Institute, doing business as Battelle, has been awarded a $2,071,881 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to support the production of mixed rare earth oxides from coal-based resources. This contract is in response to a solicitation from the National Energy Technology Laboratory seeking proposals for extracting rare earth elements from coal and coal by-products in an environmentally sound manner through enabling,...
This is a $400,000.00 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to the West Virginia University Research Corporation, a non-profit subsidiary of West Virginia University. The contract is for the identification and characterization of rare earth elements in coal and coal by-products.
The contract has a period of performance through April 30, 2018. No set-aside was used. The West Virginia University Research Corporation is the prime contractor, with Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) as a major subcontractor. This work aligns with the Department of Energy's priorities in rare earth elements, which are critical materials for advanced technologies. The contract does not appear to be associated with a larger contract vehicle.