Definitive Contract SP470126C0009
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- This contract award, SP470122C0066, was made by the Troop Support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense to Terves, LLC, a small business manufacturer, for a "Low Cost Domestic Gadolinium Production for Defense Critical Applications" project under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase II. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract with a ceiling value of $1,355,690.00 and a completion date of October 6, 2024. Terves, LLC is a subsidiary of...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Terves, LLC. The $1,095,460.75 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the second year of research and development under Topic A18-031. Terves, a manufacturer owned by parent company Powdermet Inc., is the prime contractor on this total small business set-aside award. The contract supports Terves' continued research and development of domestic...
- This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Terves, LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for the development of "Rare Earth Free, High Strength, Formable Magnesium Alloys for Lightweight Aircraft Components." The $149,721 firm-fixed-price contract is a STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) Phase I research project, with the work to be performed in Cleveland, OH. Terves has extensive experience...
- This is a $166,867.76 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM) to MRL Materials Resources LLC (MRL), a small business based in Xenia Township, Ohio. The contract is for the development and comparison of powder production processes of a novel high-strength FeNbAlC alloy for additive manufacturing (AM) applications. As a total small business set-aside, this contract leverages MRL's expertise in advanced manufacturing, materials...
- This is a $99,769.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency's Troop Support organization to MRL Materials Resources LLC, a small business based in Xenia Township, Ohio. The contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I. It has a completion date of September 14, 2023. MRL Materials Resources LLC is a company that specializes in implementing microstructure data science for advanced manufacturing, including research,...
- The U.S. Department of Defense's Troop Support awarded a $1,671,510 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Noveon Magnetics Inc., a small business manufacturer of neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets. The contract, titled "SBIR II AWARD URBAN MINING", is for research and development related to urban mining of rare earth materials. This award builds upon Noveon's prior SBIR Phase I and II work, as well as other federal grants the...
- This SBIR Phase I contract for $249,394.21 was awarded by the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a defense agency, to MRL Materials Resources LLC, a small business located in Xenia, Ohio. The contract is for the development of software to interface closed network computational processing of CAD models for directed energy deposition additive manufacturing. The contract was awarded under the Department of the Navy's SBIR FY2024.4 Program Broad Agency Announcement, which is a...
- This is a SBIR Phase I award from the U.S. Department of Defense to Cermetech LLC, a small business located in Cleveland, Ohio. The award has a ceiling value of $99,805.00 and is a firm fixed price purchase order. The research is being conducted under the SBIR program, which provides funding for small businesses to engage in R&D that has the potential for commercialization. This award was set aside for small businesses. No further details about the specific products or services being...
- This federal contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Powdermet Inc., a small business manufacturer, for a STTR Phase I research project titled "Transformative Design". The $224,064 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a completion date of December 29, 2021. The award falls under DARPA's Broad Agency Announcement seeking SBIR and STTR proposals to advance the agency's mission, with opportunities announced on a rolling basis. Powdermet Inc. has...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract awarded to Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Tucson, Arizona. The $1,799,999.00 fixed-price level of effort contract was awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support for the development of "HIGH ENTROPY TPS MATERIALS" under STTR Proposal Number L2-0506. The contract has a total period of performance ending on December 21,...
The Defense Logistics Agency's Troop Support division awarded a $1.49M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Terves LLC on December 18, 2025, with completion anticipated by June 18, 2027. The award, designated as a total small business set-aside, supports the company's efforts to develop domestic production capabilities for strategic metals, specifically scandium (SM) and gadolinium (GD). Terves LLC, a small business manufacturer based in Euclid, Ohio, and a subsidiary of Powdermet Inc., will perform the work at its Cleveland facility under a fixed-price level of effort contract structure. This Phase II award represents a continuation of Terves LLC's ongoing research and development initiatives focused on critical materials production for defense applications. The company has established a track record of securing SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards across multiple defense agencies, with previous projects addressing rare earth metal production, advanced magnesium alloys, and innovative manufacturing processes. The current effort aligns with the Department of Defense's strategic interest in securing domestic sources of essential rare earth and specialty metals critical to defense industrial base resilience and advanced materials applications.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $1.5m | 12/17/25 |