Nickel Niobium

12/2/2025 - Amendment 1:  Please see attached questions and answers.

Quotes must be submitted via email to the contract specialist no later than 5:00pm EDT, December 15, 2025.  The vendor is responsible for confirming quote receipt.  Please note that external emails are often delayed so quotes should not be submitted at the last minute.  Late quotes may or may not be considered at the contracting officer’s discretion.

The submission email must include the following:

• Company name, address, UIE, and CAGE (included in body of email);
• Point of contact for questions (included in body of email);
• Required submission documents (specific attachments as identified below)

All questions must be submitted via e-mail to the contract specialist by 10:00am EDT, November 25, 2025.

A list of consolidated questions and answers will be posted to SAM.gov.

All submissions must be in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Adobe PDF unless otherwise specified.  Word and PDF documents must adhere to the following:  8.5” x 11”; Times New Roman; 11pt font.  Table fonts must be Times New Roman with font no smaller than 9pt.

Vendors are required to submit the following:

• Technical:  Vendors must provide a technical response limited to 10 pages (including cover sheets and appendices) outlining their approach to meeting all requirements listed in the SOW.  Additionally, vendors must provide a previously completed certificate of analysis (COA) from a product the vendor has produced, a draft safety data sheet (SDS), sampling plan, and draft testing plan.  The draft SDS, sampling plan, and testing plan cannot exceed 10 pages each (including cover sheets and appendices). 

The purpose of the technical factor is to assess whether the offeror’s proposal will satisfy the government’s minimum requirements.  All requirements within the statement of work (SOW) are minimum requirements that must be met.  Technical approach will be evaluated by the requiring activity on an acceptable/unacceptable basis.  The vendor’s technical approach will be evaluated based on the vendor’s stated methods/processes for completion of and compliance with all requirements as identified in the SOW.  Additionally, the draft sampling and test plans will be reviewed for compliance with SOW requirements and rated either acceptable or unacceptable.  Please note that copying/pasting of SOW requirements does not constitute an acceptable response.

• Price Quote:  Vendors must submit a quote in Excel format using the CLIN Structure spreadsheet.  This spreadsheet must be submitted with formulas in-tact and unprotected with all cells limited to two decimal places.  Vendors can provide a different CLIN structure for quantity breaks if applicable.

The required documents must be submitted as separate attachments.