CombinedSynopsisSolicitation_FAR_12.6_SP800025R0017.pdf

(1) ACTION CODE:

Purchase Requisition (PR) for Commercial Grade Bismuth Metal

(2) DATE: August 19, 2025

(3) YEAR: 2025

(4) CONTRACTING OFFICE ZIP CODE: 43218

(5) PSC: 9650 - N00007578

(6) CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

DLA Contracting Services Office (DCSO)– Columbus Division 3 3990 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43218

USA

(7) SUBJECT: Bismuth Metal

(8) SOLICITATION NUMBER: SP8000-25-R-0017

(9) CLOSING RESPONSE DATE: August 26, 2025

(10) CONTACT POINT OR CONTRACTING OFFICER:

Victoria McPherson, Contract Specialist Victoria.McPherson@dla.mil, Michelle Harrison, Contracting Officer Michelle.Harrison@dla.mil,

(11) CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER: TBD

(12) CONTRACT AWARD DOLLAR AMOUNT: $65,000,000 Max Value for IDIQ

(13) LINE ITEM NUMBERS: 0001, 0002

(14) CONTRACT AWARD DATE: TBD

(15) CONTRACTOR: TBD, Solicited as Full and Open Competition / Unrestricted

(16) DESCRIPTION:

mailto:Victoria.McPherson@dla.mil mailto:Michelle.Harrison@dla.mil

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (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 is being issued as a request for proposal (RFP).

DLA Contracting Services Office - Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3) intends to award and administer an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a contract minimum of $3,000,000 and a contract maximum of up to $65,000,000 for a five (5)-year period. The government reserves the right to award less than the maximum dollar value.

This is an acquisition of commercial items using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services) and FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation). This acquisition is for Bismuth Metal. All Bismuth Metal to be delivered under any resulting contract shall have a form and packaging conducive to long-term storage per the Statement of Work

(SOW).

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

• Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04, effective June 11, 2025.

• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) effective January 17, 2025.

• Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD) PROCLTR 2025-15, effective April 3, 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.

It is anticipated that a commercial contract will be awarded for the Bismuth Metal requirement as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation notice. Award will be based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection procedures per FAR 15.101-2(b)(1). The lowest price technically acceptable source selection process is appropriate when best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price. The evaluation factors that establish the requirements of acceptability are set forth in this combined synopsis/solicitation notice within the clause at FAR 52.212-2. This combined synopsis/solicitation notice specifies that the award will be made based on the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors.

The Provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition; with additional instructions to offerors included within this notice.

The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition with additional instructions to offerors included within this notice. See Evaluation information within Section B for details.

https://www.acquisition.gov/ http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx.

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 offer OR confirm that the completed provision is included within its SAM.gov registration 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. See Section B for details.

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.

See Section B for details.

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 physical 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.

Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) Rating: N/A

Payment Terms: Net 30

Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs) and Quantities (Refer to Section B):

CLIN 0001 – Bismuth Metal CLIN 0002 – Other Quality Control Test and Insp-Misc

(17) DELIVERY:

Location: Hawthorne, Nevada

Delivery Period: Delivery Orders issued against this IDIQ contract shall have a delivery period not to exceed twenty-four (24) months.

Inspection Point: Destination https://www.sam.gov/

Acceptance Point: Destination

FOB: Destination

(18) PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE: Location as stated in SOW

(19) SET-ASIDE STATUS: UNRESTRICTED

The applicable NAICS code is 331410 – Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining, with a size standard of 1000 employees.

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 based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Source Selection procedures, the Government will make the award based on the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-price factors. The Two (2) non-price evaluation factors for determination of technical and past performance acceptability consist of:

Factor 1 - Technical Approach Subfactor 1.1 - Material Description Subfactor 1.2 - Certificate of Analysis (COA) Subfactor 1.3 - Packaging Subfactor 1.4 - Labeling Subfactor 1.5 - Sampling Subfactor 1.6 - Testing

Factor 2 - Past Performance

Please see 52.212-2 “Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services” for complete information.

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 http://www.sam.gov/ 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 (IDIQ) CONTRACT

INFORMATION

a. Contract Period. The intended award will be a five (5)-year, firm-fixed price IDIQ contract.

The price unit of measure for each delivery order (DO) will be pound (LB). The Government will evaluate price reasonableness in accordance with FAR 15.404 and DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 252.215.404 and reserves the right to request other than certified cost or pricing data as necessary.

b. The Government intends to acquire the following total minimum and maximum quantity of services under this contract:

Minimum: $3,000,000.00 (guaranteed) Maximum: $65,000,000.00

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

d. Issuance of Delivery Orders. All requirements for supplies will be ordered as delivery orders that are fixed price at the time of DO issuance. Delivery orders will be issued to the IDIQ contract holder (awardee) based on pricing established by this IDIQ contract. 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

(DCSO-C3).

e. ESTIMATED QUANTITES: These are the estimated quantities the Government expects to order during each contract year. Please review section B, Table 1, for the estimated yearly quantities.

f. DELIVERY: Delivery is 24 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 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 your company has an ACTIVE registered CAGE in SAM.gov. (one (1) PDF document)

c. Technical Approach. Review FAR 52.212-2 for technical acceptability considerations.

(one (1) PDF document)

d. Past Performance. Review FAR 52.212-2 for past performance acceptability considerations (one (1) PDF document)

e. Price. In addition to providing the completed price proposal form (Attachment 1-Section B and Clauses & Provisions), 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 3:00 p.m. (EST) time on August 26, 2025. Electronic proposals must be submitted via e-mail to Victoria McPherson at Victoria.McPherson@dla.mil, and Michelle Harrison at Michelle.Harrison@dla.mil. Facsimile proposals will not be accepted.

NOTE: Proposal MUST be good for 60 calendar days after close of the notice.

Additional information and proposal submission, refer to Attachment 1 Section B and Clauses & Provisions.

Attachments:

1. Section B and Clauses & Provisions

2. Statement of Work mailto:Victoria.McPherson@dla.mil mailto:Michelle.Harrison@dla.mil