CombinedSynopsisSolicitation_FAR_12.6_SP8000-26-R-0014_20260224.pdf

(1) ACTION CODE:

Purchase Requisition (PR) for Sodium Tungstate

(2) DATE: 25 FEB 2026

(3) YEAR: 2026

(4) CONTRACTING OFFICE ZIP CODE: 43213

(5) PSC: 9620

(6) CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

DLA Contracting Services Office (DCSO)– Columbus Division 3 (C3)

3990 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43213

(7) SUBJECT: Sodium Tungstate

(8) SOLICITATION NUMBER: SP8000-26-R-0014

(9) CLOSING RESPONSE DATE: 11 MAR 2026 – 5:00 PM EST

(10) CONTACT POINT OR CONTRACTING OFFICER:

Adam Steele, Contract Specialist

Adem.Steel@dla.mil, Mitchell Hatfield, Contracting Officer

Mitchell.Hatfield@dla.mil,

(11) CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER: TBD

(12) CONTRACT AWARD DOLLAR AMOUNT: TBD

(13) LINE-ITEM NUMBERS: 0001 and 0002

(14) CONTRACT AWARD DATE: TBD

(15) CONTRACTOR: Will be solicited as Other Than Full and Open Competition

(16) DESCRIPTION:

This is a solicitation for the acquisition of commercial items using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial

Products and Commercial Services) and FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation). This solicitation is for an

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award with a five (5)-year ordering period against which firm-fixed price delivery orders will be issued. The duration of the acquisition will be five (5) years and is issued under “Other

Than Full and Open Competition.” This acquisition is for Sodium Tungstate.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation reference # SP8000-26-R-0014, is being issued as a request for proposal

(RFP). DLA Contracting Services Office - Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3) intends to award and administer an

IDIQ contract with a five (5)-year ordering period.

mailto:Adem.Steel@dla.mil mailto:Mitchell.Hatfield@dla.mil

This combined synopsis/solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the:

• Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06, effective October 01, 2025.

• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) effective November 10, 2025.

• Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD), effective Jan 12, 2026

The complete text of any of the clauses, provisions and DLAD notes may be accessed in full at https://www.acquisition.gov/ and http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx.

This acquisition is NOT set aside for small businesses. The applicable NAICS code is 325180 – Heavy Rare Earth

Oxides, with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

DLA Strategic Materials (DLA SM), by and through DCSO-C3, intends to solicit and award an IDIQ contract for

Sodium Tungstate to Tungco, Incorporated (Tungco, Inc.) (CAGE: 6XF87) in accordance with FAR 6.302-

3(a)(2)(i). This IDIQ contract will have one (1) five (5)-year ordering period during which Delivery Orders will be issued for specified quantities of Sodium Tungstate. All Sodium Tungstate to be delivered under any resulting contract shall have form and packaging conducive to long-term storage in an enclosed Government warehouse per the Statement of Work (SOW).

Payment Terms: Net 30

The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and its

Addendum, applies to this acquisition.

The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

The evaluation factors are Technical Acceptability and Price. The award will be based on a responsible offeror that submits a proposal that conforms to the technical requirements of the solicitation.

A completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Products and

Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and shall be submitted with the vendor’s offer if not available through SAM at https://www.sam.gov.

The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

Potential offerors are hereby notified that this notice and subsequent amendments to the notice will only be available by downloading the documents at the SAM.gov Website at http://www.sam.gov. This office will not issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting a response to this notice, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither the offeror nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency.

The Offeror shall mark each page of its quote with the legend “Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and

3.104.” This includes the cover page and every page that may contain source selection information. Note that the

Offeror has an independent requirement to mark anything deemed to be bid or quote information, protected proprietary information, or other information that is to be protected from disclosure to ensure that the information is protected.

Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs) (See Attachment 1-Section B):

CLIN 0001 – Sodium Tungstate

PSC/Material Code: 9620-N30001833 Unit of Issue: KG https://www.acquisition.gov/ http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx.

https://www.sam.gov/

Ordering Period: 5 years

FOB/Inspection/Acceptance: Destination

Pricing Terms: Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

CLIN 0002 – Third-Party Testing

PSC/Material Code: H999/V00007070

Unit of Issue: Lot

Ordering Period: 5 years FOB/Inspection/Acceptance: Destination

Pricing Terms: Firm Fixed Price

It is anticipated that a commercial IDIQ contract will be awarded for the Sodium Tungstate requirement as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation notice. Award will be based on a responsible offeror (IAW FAR 9.104) that submits a proposal that conforms to the technical requirements of the solicitation.

(See the Clause at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, within Attachment 3 of this combined synopsis/solicitation)

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

The Government will use the following factors to evaluate each proposal for Overall Technical

Acceptability for the solicitation.

1. In this sole source acquisition, the following will be evaluated:

i.Technical Acceptability– Evaluation team will determine whether all aspects of the SOW were met for the material. For a rating of acceptable, all aspects of the SOW must be addressed sufficiently, and all required attachments, if necessary, must accompany the proposal.

Technical Acceptability – Sodium Tungstate

RATING (SELECT

ONE):

DESCRIPTION

Acceptable Proposal meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation. All criteria are acceptable, and all documents are included.

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. If any of the above criteria are non-acceptable, the proposal is unacceptable.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and

Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with its offeror OR confirm that the completed clause is included within its SAM.gov registration.

(17) PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE: Contractor Facility

(18) SET-ASIDE STATUS: Other Than Full and Open Competition

Other Acquisition Notes:

1. Selection of an offeror for contract award will be made based on an assessment of each offeror’s response to this combined synopsis/solicitation notice. As a combined synopsis/solicitation notice, an award will be based on the responsible offeror (IAW FAR 9.104) that submits a proposal that confirms the technical requirements of the solicitation. The only non-price evaluation factor for this requirement is Technical Acceptability.

2. Contractor must be registered in “System for Award Management” (SAM) before proposal submission. Check the following SAM website link for registration and/or SAM expiration date, www.sam.gov. Submit SAM’s certification with your proposal. Proposals and SAM certification dates must match. No award will be made to a Contractor not registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). In addition, the Contractor’s

Representations and Certification must be listed in the SAM database. The Contractor must maintain an ACTIVE status in SAM prior to award and throughout the life of this contract. Invoices will be paid using the financial information provided in the Contractor’s SAM profile. Failure to keep an ACTIVE status may result in payment delays and other administrative delays.

3. INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY

a. Contract Period. The intended award will be a five (5)-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with firm-fixed pricing for each delivery order (DO). The Government will evaluate price reasonableness in accordance with FAR 15.4004 and DFARS PGI 215-404 and reserves the right to request other than certified cost or pricing data as necessary.

b. The government intends to award the following total minimum and maximum under this contract:

Minimum: $1,000,000 (guaranteed) *

Maximum: $50,000,000.00

* The government is only bound to the guaranteed minimum established under the IDIQ.

c. The Statement of Work (SOW) found in Attachment 2 of this combined synopsis/solicitation represents the scope required under this intended IDIQ contract.

d. Issuance of Delivery Orders. All requirements for supplies will be ordered as delivery orders that are Firm-

Fixed Price at the time of delivery order issuance. Requirements may be presented to the IDIQ contract holder

(awardee) by way of request for quotation (RFQ). Any DLA Contracting Services Office (DCSO) warranted

Contracting Officer, within the limits of their warrants, may award and administer a delivery order for supplies covered by the IDIQ contract. Delivery orders will most likely be placed by the DLA Contracting Services Office –

Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3).

e. ESTIMATED QUANTITES: These are the estimated quantities the government expects to order during each contract year. Please review Attachment 1 (Section B), Table 1 for the estimated yearly quantities of Sodium

Tungstate.

d. DELIVERY: Delivery is no more than 36 months from the issuance of each delivery order (DO). Unless otherwise specified, the proposal will be deemed to offer delivery in accordance with the required schedule.

4. COMPLETE PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

In addition to the requirements at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial

Services, please note the following additional proposal submission instructions. Offerors shall provide the following documents as a part of your proposal:

a. Cover Letter. Provide cover letter with a unique identification number (proposal number) for your offer. A

Standard Form (SF) 1449 is not used in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Therefore, include a statement in the cover letter specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation.

Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information; or reject the terms and conditions of the http://www.sam.gov/ solicitation may be rejected. Include a certifying statement of the accuracy of the proposal and a signature by the principal of the firm/entity. (one (1) PDF document)

b. SAM Certifications. Provide evidence showing that your company has an ACTIVE registered in SAM.gov coinciding with the date of your proposal. (one (1) PDF document)

c. Technical Approach. Review FAR 52.212-2 for technical acceptability considerations. (one (1) PDF document)

d. Price. In addition to providing the completed price proposal form (Attachment 1-Section B), ensure that your price proposal includes enough details so that the contracting officer can make a fair and reasonable price determination in accordance with (utilizing) the price analysis techniques found at FAR 15.404-1(b)(2). (one (1)

PDF document)

Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. (EST) time on 11 MAR 2026. Electronic proposals must be submitted via e-mail to

Adam Steele at Adam.Steele@dla.mil, and Mitchell Hatfield at Mitchell.Hatfield@dla.mil. Facsimile proposals will not be accepted.

All vendor questions about the RFP shall be submitted via e- mail to Adam Steele at Adam.Steele@dla.mil, and

Mitchell Hatfield at Mitchell.Hatfield@dla.mil. All questions shall be received by 03 MAR 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern

Standard Time, after which the period for responding to questions shall have closed.

NOTE: Proposal MUST be good for 180 calendar days after close of the notice.

Attachments:

1. Section B

2. Statement of Work

3. Clauses and Provisions mailto:Adam.Steele@dla.mil mailto:Adam.Steele@dla.mil