Question_and_Answer_-_RFQ_SP4510-18-Q-1026.docx

Question and Answer - RFQ SP4510-18-Q-1026

1. Will the government provide historical precious metal content data for the various LSN/SCL categories of material?

Answer: The best the government can supply is the historic recoveries for each fiscal year. Due to the wide range of scrap material that gets turned in, it is impossible to set a standard precious metal content to expect per SCL that is turned in. See below for recoveries for the each SCL that was processed for the government’s FY 16 and 17.

Precious Metals Recovered per SCL – FY16 and FY17 (Fiscal Year for Government runs from 1 Oct. to 31 Sept.)

***NOTE: Although DLA had received different SCL’s throughout FY16 and FY17 (see attachment 4 of RFQ SP4510-18-Q-1026) the SCL’s received may have not been processed in the same FY. Below shows the precious metals recovered for FY16 and FY17***

FY17 Precious Metal Recovered (in Troy Ounces)

FY16 Precious Metal Recovered (in Troy Ounces)

2. Will the government provide the complete winning bid for the last contract?

Answer: DLA is able to provide the winning contract number (SP4510-15-D-0001) and overall contract award amount ($3,671,676 for four years of performance)

3. Silver-Bearing Film

a. Is there any manner to reduce the annual quantity or omit it completely?

Answer: This is a firm requirement as DLA needs the capability for the vendor to process this property.

b. Can the material be granulated on-site and sent to a properly-vetted downstream for final disposition?

Answer: This can be acceptable. DLA will not reimburse the downstream (third-party) vendor and the primary vendor would incur all costs for this process. The primary vendor needs to keep in mind that DLA would expect the same type reports (Production and Assay) from the third-party vendor in addition to the third-party vendor allowing for government representatives to perform onsite inspections to review their processes.

4. Batteries

a. Do they need to be retorted before processing?

Answer: It depends. Typically, to meet environmental requirements, retorting is required to process any of the mercury containing precious metal batteries. If the vendor is able to clearly describe how they can process mercury containing precious metal batteries without retorting and also meet the environmental requirements, DLA will consider that satisfactory.

As a reminder, a part of the pre-award process is having a government sponsored Environmental Review Team that will assess the vendor’s facility to ensure that said processes are in compliance with environmental regulations (see section 5.1 of the Performance Work Statement).

5. Financial

a. When a pool account is created, does the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) wish to get paid out via wire or precious metals?

Answer: DLA requires that 100% of the precious metals recovered will be deposited into DLA’s account. No money, only settled amounts of precious metals in troy ounces. See section 17.0 for precious metal deposits of the Performance Work Statement.

b. If so, how frequently will final payments be issued?

Answer: The precious metal deposits will be required 30 days after settlement has been agreed to. See section 15.0 for settlement procedures and 17.0 for precious metal deposits of the Performance Work Statement.

The more frequently the vendor processes “lots” of government precious metal bearing materials, the more frequent the vendor would deposit recovered precious metals. It will depend on how much throughput the vendor can/will be able to accomplish.