Delivery Order SP800026D0001-SP800026F0016

The U.S. Department of Defense, through its Strategic Materials division, awarded a $2.01M firm fixed-price delivery order to RIO Tinto Services Inc. for Scandium Oxide Task Order One. The contract was awarded on December 10, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 10, 2030, and will be performed at the contractor's facility in Hammond, Indiana. RIO Tinto Services Inc., operating under its Technical division and doing business as RIO Tinto Logistics, was selected without any set-aside...

The Defense Department's Strategic Materials division issued a $907,800 delivery order to APL Engineered Materials, Inc. on April 2, 2026, for high-purity scandium metal supply under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The parent IDIQ, awarded to APL Engineered Materials on September 27, 2025, carries a $5.5 million ceiling and runs through September 27, 2030. The vehicle procures high-purity scandium metal flake exceeding 99.9% purity for the National Defense Stockpile, with...

APL Engineered Materials, Inc., a non-small business manufacturer based in Urbana, Illinois, was awarded a $1.07M firm fixed-price delivery order by the Department of Defense's Strategic Materials division on September 26, 2025, for the supply of high-purity scandium metal. The contract, with performance scheduled through September 27, 2028, represents work to be performed in Columbus, Ohio, and carries no small business set-aside. This delivery order falls under a larger five-year Indefinite...

The Defense Logistics Agency, Troop Support, awarded an $898,435 definitive contract to Valimet Inc. for development and validation of a domestic value chain for scandium aluminum alloy 3D-printed parts at industrial scale on March 11, 2026, under a total small business set-aside. This is a Phase II SBIR award (Proposal #L2-0527, Topic #DLA242-003) with an 18-month period of performance ending March 10, 2027. Work is performed in Stockton, CA. The contract carries firm fixed-price pricing.

The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials issued a delivery order to Global Advanced Metals USA Inc. on September 11, 2025, for tantalum ingots with a ceiling value of $108.8 million and an ultimate completion date of September 9, 2028. This delivery order is issued under a single-award IDIQ contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials, valued at $100 million with a performance period extending through September 30, 2030. The IDIQ covers procurement of tantalum ingots...

<p>This is a $400,000.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Defense agency Troop Support to APL Engineered Materials, Inc. on September 23, 2024. The contract was issued under the EMERGENT IV Broad Agency Announcement (BAA0001-22) to develop a non-China, non-Russia supply chain for domestic scandium metal manufacturing. The award has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025 and does not utilize a set-aside designation.</p>

<p>The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support awarded a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract to RIO Tinto Services Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization doing business as RIO Tinto Logistics, for $3,000,000.00 in basic services. The contract has a period of performance through May 31, 2021 and was awarded on June 1, 2018. The place of performance is Washington, DC. This contract was not set aside for any specific business category.</p>

<p>Strategic Materials (Defense) issued a delivery order for vacuum-grade ferroniobium to Cbmm North America, Inc. on April 9, 2026, with a ceiling value of $10,014,993.60. The order is firm fixed price and has an ultimate completion date of April 9, 2028. Place of performance is Clearwater, FL.</p>

The Defense Department's Strategic Materials division awarded a $244,956 firm fixed price purchase order to Tungco, Incorporated to develop production processes for sodium tungstate derived from low-grade tungsten scrap and waste materials. The contract, which commenced on August 29, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of August 28, 2025, requires the contractor to establish proof-of-concept feedstock applications for domestic tungstate production. This effort supports the federal...

Oritain USA Inc. has been awarded a $249,950 firm fixed-price purchase order by the Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials for a Niobium and Tantalum Origin Verification System. The contract, awarded on November 10, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 9, 2026, stems from the National Defense Stockpile Industry Material Test program Broad Agency Announcement, which seeks to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign suppliers of strategic and critical materials. This no-set-aside...