Adamas Combined Synopsis and Solicitation.pdf

Solicitation SP8000-26-Q-0016

(1) POINT OF CONTACT:

Anna-Karina Dragolich, Contract Specialist/ Contracting Officer, Anna.Dragolich@dla.mil

DLA Contracting Services Office – Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3) 3990 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43218

(2) SET-ASIDES: N/A, Other than Full and Open Competition

(3) CODES FOR SERVICES OR SUPPLIES:

PSC: 7630 – NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS

NAICS: 513120 – PERIODICAL PUBLISHERS

(4) DESCRIPTION:

(i) COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR part 12 (DEVIATION 2026-O0028, FEB 2026). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. A separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number SP8000-26-Q-0016 is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) for the following subscriptions:

Subscription 1: Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook to 2040 (Up to 5 Users) Subscription 2: Rare Earth Pricing Outlook Quarterly (Up to 5 Users) Subscription 3: Rare Earth Market Monthly (Up to 5 Users) Subscription 4: Magnet Factory Database and Outlook (Up to 5 Users) Subscription 5: Rare Earth Minerals Monthly (Up to 5 Users) Subscription 6: EV Motor Materials Monthly (Up to 5 Users)

This acquisition is not set aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

(ii) CONTRACT LINE-ITEM NUMBER(S) (CLIN(S))

BASE YEAR:

CLIN: 0001

ITEM: Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook to 2040 (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA) mailto:Anna.Dragolich@dla.mil http://www.acquisition.gov/

CLIN: 0002

ITEM: Rare Earth Pricing Outlook Quarterly (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 0003

ITEM: Rare Earth Market Monthly (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 0004

ITEM: Magnet Factory Database and Outlook (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 0005

ITEM: Rare Earth Minerals Monthly (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 0006

ITEM: EV Motor Materials Monthly (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

OPTION YEAR:

CLIN: 1001

ITEM: Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook to 2040 (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 1002

ITEM: Rare Earth Pricing Outlook Quarterly (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 1003

ITEM: Rare Earth Market Monthly (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 1004

ITEM: Magnet Factory Database and Outlook (Up to 5 Users)

UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 1005

ITEM: Rare Earth Minerals Monthly (Up to 5 Users) QUANTITIES: one (1) UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

CLIN: 1006

ITEM: EV Motor Materials Monthly (Up to 5 Users)

UNIT OF MEASURE: Each (EA)

(iii) DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIREMENT

DLA intends to solicit and award a firm-fixed price contract for the six (6) subscriptions identified in (4)(i) above for one (1) base year and one (1) option year period. Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. §3204(a)(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.103-1 (DEVIATION 2026-O0017, FEB 2026), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, the requirement for the subscriptions is being solicited from Adamas Intelligence Inc. (NCAGE: L0UV7, UEI:

W3BBLNC55NA7) (Adamas Intelligence). All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered by the agency. The awardee shall be responsible for providing the subscriptions in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW).

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

(iv) DELIVERY:

All required datasets, publications, and market analyses under Adamas Intelligence subscription products must be accessible without additional software or hardware to Government computers or systems. The subscription provided must also include all technical support to establish and maintain connections to licensed products for the duration of the contract. The products must be accessible without additional equipment and only require internet access service through the World Wide Web. Subscriptions must be available for use on a 24/7 basis.

BASE YEAR: 1 September 2026 – 31 August 2027 OPTION YEAR: 1 September 2027 – 31 August 2028

ACCEPTANCE POINT: Destination F.O.B. POINT: Destination

(v) SOLICITATION PROVISIONS. The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (SEP 2024) (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (JAN 2017) (DEVIATION

2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.204-7, System for Award Management—Registration (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.204-13, System for Award Management—Maintenance (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.204-90, Offeror Identification (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.209-12, Certification Regarding Tax Matters (OCT 2025) (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.217-4, Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award (DEVIATION

2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.217-5, Evaluation of Options (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.240-90, Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (SEP 2022)

252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services— Representation (DEC 2019)

252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (MAY 2021)

252.204-7019, Notice of NISTSP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements (NOV 2023)

252.225-7059, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region–Representation (JUN 2023)

252.204-7024, Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (MAR 2023)

52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

ADDENDUM to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and

Commercial Services (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026):

In addition to the requirements at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sections a. through e.), please note the following additional offer submission instructions. Offerors shall provide the following documents as a part of their offer:

f. Technical Approach. Will be coordinated with DLA Strategic Materials (Acceptable/ Unacceptable in accordance with Attachment 2, Statement of Work).

g. Price. In addition to providing the completed price offer form (Attachment 1, Section B), ensure that your price offer 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).

NOTE: Offers MUST be valid for at least 60 days.

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 offer 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 offer information, protected proprietary information, or other information that is to be protected from disclosure to ensure that the information is protected.

52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

(a) Evaluation factors. 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 will be used to evaluate offers:

1. Technical Acceptability – The Government will determine whether all aspects of the Statement of Work (SOW), including any attachments thereto, were met for subject requirement. For a rating of acceptable, all aspects of the SOW must be addressed sufficiently, and all required attachments, if necessary, must accompany the offer.

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

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

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) Notice of award. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer furnished to the successful Offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(vi) CONTRACT CLAUSES. The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.204-13, System for Award Management—Maintenance (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000) (DEVIATION 2026-

O0038, FEB 2026)

52.222-3. Convict Labor (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (DEVIATION

2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.222-90, Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (DEVIATION 2026-

O0038, FEB 2026)

52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (MAY

2024) (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management

(OCT 2018) (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR

2023) (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.233-3, Protest After Award (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.240-91, Security Prohibitions and Exclusions (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.240-93, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION 2026-O0038, FEB 2026)

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (SEP 2011)

252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (DEC 2022)

252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services (JAN 2023)

252.204-7020, NIST SP 800-171DoD Assessment Requirements (NOV 2023)

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (APR 2022)

252.225-7035 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program Certificate (FEB 2024)

252.225-7036, Buy American – Free Trade Agreements – Balance of Payments Program

– Alternate I (FEB 2024)

252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

(MAY 2022)

252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (JAN 2023)

252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region JUN 2023)

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEC 2018)

252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments (DEC 2006)

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (JAN 2023)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s):

(i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher.

(ii) For fixed price line items—

(A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer.

Combo Invoice

(Contracting Officer: Insert applicable invoice and receiving report document type(s) for fixed price line items that require shipment of a deliverable.)

(iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request.

(iv) For performance based payments, submit a performance based payment request.

(v) For commercial financing, submit a commercial financing request.

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

[Note: The Contractor may use a WAWF “combo” document type to create some combinations of invoice and receiving report in one step.]

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in

WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC SL4701

Issue By DoDAAC SP8000

Admin DoDAAC** SP8000

Inspected by DoDAAC SP8000

Ship to Code N/A

Ship From Code N/A

Mark for Code N/A

Service Approver (DoDAAC) N/A

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) N/A

Accept at Other DoDAAC N/A

LPO DoDAAC N/A

DCAA Auditor DoDAAC N/A

Other DoDAAC (s) N/A

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact:

John Dustin (John.Dustin@dla.mil) mailto:John.Dustin@dla.mil

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

(End of Clause)

(vii) DATE, TIME, PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF OFFER AND POINT OF CONTACT

Offers are due by 12:00 p.m. (noon) (EST) on 24 AUGUST 2026. Electronic offers must be submitted via e-mail to Anna-Karina Dragolich at Anna.Dragolich@dla.mil.

Facsimile offers will not be accepted.

Attachments:

1. Section B – Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs)

2. Statement of Work (SOW) mailto:Anna.Dragolich@dla.mil