Tab 23 NOI EMM Testing and Sampling.pdf

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DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

CONTRACTING SERVICES OFFICE

COLUMBUS DIVISION #3

3990 EAST BROAD STREET

COLUMBUS, OHIO 4321-3990

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SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION. SEE FAR 2.101 AND FAR 3.104

NOTICE OF INTENT SOLE SOURCE

Electrolytic Manganese Metal

EMM - SAMPLING AND TESTING

This is not a Solicitation.

Issue Date: June 11, 2025 Close Date: June 24, 2025

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.101 requiring dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive quotes/proposals. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is prescribed by FAR Part 13.

The Defense Logistics Agency Contracting Services office at Columbus (DCSO -C3) intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source award contract to Andrew S. McCreath & Son, Inc.

(“McCreath”) for sampling and testing laboratory services. The period of performance will be from the date of award until July 31, 2026, or until the contractor has sampled and tested 37 lots of EMM, whichever date occurs first. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement demonstrating the ability to provide the requested services, which shall be considered by the agency before the intended award date. The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No requests for capability briefings will be honored. A decision by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Interested vendors must respond to this notice on or before June 25, 2025 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time EST by sending an email to Cecilia.Arrington@dla.mil. Use Word® Document

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Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI):

Controlled by: DCSO-C3 CUI CUI Category: PRVCY Applicable Applicable Distribution: DLA/J6/Strategic Materials/DCSO POC: Isha Arrington, Contract Specialist (571)286-8596 Jose M. Villanueva, Contracting Officer (703)395-3844 mailto:Cecilia.Arrington@dla.mil

SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION. SEE FAR 2.101 AND FAR 3.104

Background: This requirement will be a follow-on contract for sampling and testing services currently being completed for a previous Electrolytic Manganese Metal (EMM) for sampling and testing Services.

In FY2024, the government awarded a material acquisition contract for EMM on which sampling and testing services were performed by Andrew S. McCreath & Son, Inc.

(“McCreath”). The government also requires sampling and testing services for this FY2025 follow-on EMM material acquisition. The procurement of these services for the original EMM material acquisition in FY2022 was effected via a MIPR with the Army. The testing portion of these services by McCreath will provide the data the government needs for Strategic Materials required records of Certificates of Analysis of Record for the material.

Scope: The contractor shall sample each lot of EMM material during the repackaging process. Although the material vendor can ship no more than 600MT of EMM to the government during any single month, the material vendor intends to build up at least one month of deliveries as a buffer to their inventory. As such, the contractor shall expect to sample up to 600MT of EMM within the first three months. After the material vendor has established a buffer of EMM, the contractor shall expect to sample approximately one to two lots per week, each month subsequently.

Objectives: Defense Logistics Agency – Strategic Materials, is purchasing bulk Electrolytic Manganese Metal (EMM) in flake form. To verify the material the Government purchases meets the chemical and physical property specifications the Government requires, the Government will require a representative sample of each lot of EMM is tested. Sampling of the government EMM shall take place in processus during the material vendor’s repackaging process, where the EMM is transferred into 55-gallon steel drums. To minimize EMM flake breakage, the contractor shall also perform particle size analysis in processus while they are collecting the sample. Each sample shall be representative of each lot of EMM. Each lot of EMM will be between 75 MT and 95 MT.

Submitted by: Approved by:

C. Isha Arrington José M. Villanueva Contract Specialist Contracting Officer

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