DLA Strategic Materials Vanadium Pentoxide IDIQ
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- SP8000-26-R-0013
- Agency
-
Defense Logistics Agency
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
- PSC
- 9620 Minerals, Natural And Synthetic
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials is soliciting an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the procurement of vanadium pentoxide flakes, a critical material used in aerospace-grade components, titanium alloys, and vanadium flow batteries. This solicitation is being conducted under FAR Parts 12 and 15 using Firm Fixed-Price delivery orders with a five-year ordering period. The procurement requires that all vanadium pentoxide meet strict chemical composition standards with a minimum V2O5 content of 99.0 percent, and contractors must utilize an independent, ISO 17025-certified third-party laboratory for testing and submit a Certificate of Analysis for each production lot prior to shipment. Technical evaluation will be based on compliance with the Statement of Work requirements and submission of a sample Certificate of Analysis, with delivery orders to be competed using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable procedures, Best Value Tradeoff procedures, or direct award in the interest of industrial mobilization. Questions regarding the solicitation were due by January 26, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST, and proposals are due by February 13, 2026, at 3:00 PM ET, as extended by Amendment 0003.
This is an unrestricted solicitation with no small business set-aside, utilizing other-than-full-and-open-competition procedures under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(3)(A) to maintain industrial mobilization capabilities; the Government intends to award single IDIQ contracts to Largo Inc. and U.S. Vanadium LLC. The minimum guaranteed purchase value is $1,000,000 per awardee, with a maximum potential contract value of $125,000,000 across both awards over the five-year period. The Government estimates annual vanadium pentoxide requirements ranging from 650 metric tons in Year 1 to 505 metric tons in Year 5, totaling 2,876 metric tons over the contract period (March 2026 through March 2031). Delivery is required within 36 months of delivery order issuance and shall be made FOB Destination to one of three DLA Strategic Materials depots: Scotia, New York; Hawthorne, Nevada; or Hammond, Indiana. Material must be packaged in new, UN 1A2-compliant 55-gallon steel drums on pallets constructed of high-density hardwood, with inspection and acceptance occurring at the destination depot.
Notice text
4 versions
Update #4 · Latest ·
*** Amendment 0003*** See attached SF30 for details.
***Amendment 0002 *** See attached SF30 for details.
This is an unrestricted RFP solicitation with the recommendation of other than full and open competition procedures. The statutory authority for this non-competitive action is 10 U.S.C. §3204(a)(3)(A) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3(a)(2)(i), which states full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order to maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer, or other supplier available for furnishing supplies in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization, which per FAR 6.302-3(b)(1)(iii), may be appropriate when necessary to maintain properly balanced sources of supply for meeting the requirements of acquisition programs in the interest of industrial mobilization. The Government intends to award a single IDIQ contract to Largo Inc. and a single IDIQ contract to U.S. Vanadium LLC. The applicable NAICS code for this action is 325180, Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1000 employees. The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is 9620 and the Material Code is N30001813.
***Amendment 0001*** See attached SF30 for details.
The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials (DLA SM), by and through the DLA Contracting Services Office – Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3), intends to solicit and award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Vanadium Pentoxide with a five-year ordering period utilizing Firm Fixed-Price (FPP) delivery orders. 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).
Update #3 ·
***Amendment 0002 *** See attached SF30 for details.
This is an unrestricted RFP solicitation with the recommendation of other than full and open competition procedures. The statutory authority for this non-competitive action is 10 U.S.C. §3204(a)(3)(A) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3(a)(2)(i), which states full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order to maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer, or other supplier available for furnishing supplies in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization, which per FAR 6.302-3(b)(1)(iii), may be appropriate when necessary to maintain properly balanced sources of supply for meeting the requirements of acquisition programs in the interest of industrial mobilization. The Government intends to award a single IDIQ contract to Largo Inc. and a single IDIQ contract to U.S. Vanadium LLC. The applicable NAICS code for this action is 325180, Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1000 employees. The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is 9620 and the Material Code is N30001813.
***Amendment 0001*** See attached SF30 for details.
The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials (DLA SM), by and through the DLA Contracting Services Office – Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3), intends to solicit and award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Vanadium Pentoxide with a five-year ordering period utilizing Firm Fixed-Price (FPP) delivery orders. 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).
Update #2 ·
***Amendment 0001*** See attached SF30 for details.
The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials (DLA SM), by and through the DLA Contracting Services Office – Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3), intends to solicit and award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Vanadium Pentoxide with a five-year ordering period utilizing Firm Fixed-Price (FPP) delivery orders. 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).
Update #1 ·
The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials (DLA SM), by and through the DLA Contracting Services Office – Columbus Division 3 (DCSO-C3), intends to solicit and award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Vanadium Pentoxide with a five-year ordering period utilizing Firm Fixed-Price (FPP) delivery orders. 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).
Files
On GovTribe
Work this opportunity
- Track it in your pipeline
- Find teaming partners
- Similar opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity