Nylon 6/6 Zytel 42a
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- W911QY26RNZ42a
- Agency
-
ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6810 Chemicals
- Place of performance
- Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Division, intends to award a firm fixed price sole-source contract to Formerra LLC for procurement of Nylon 6/6 Zytel 42a polymer, with responses due by 1500 EST August 21, 2026. The requirement supports the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Soldier Center in formulating government-furnished materials under direction of another federal agency. DuPont is the sole manufacturer of this material, and Formerra LLC is the only licensed North American distributor; the end-user customer prohibits material substitution, making alternative sources unsuitable. The award will proceed under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) and FAR 6.103-1. This is not a request for proposals and no solicitation document is available. Interested parties must submit responses in writing by email to alexandra.m.biro2.civ@army.mil and lyndon.s.jagroop.civ@army.mil; telephonic inquiries will not be accepted. All response costs are at the interested party's expense. NAICS 325211 applies; size standard is 1,250 employees.
Notice text
The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Division in support of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Soldier Center (DEVCOM-SC) intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract on a sole source basis to Formerra LLC located at 1250 Windham Pkwy, Romeoville, Illinois 60446-1673, under the authority as prescribed in 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by RFO FAR 6.103-1.
This requirement is for the procurement of Nylon 6/6 Zytel 42a polymer. The United States Army DEVCOM-SC under the direction of its customer, an Other Government Agency (OGA), requires highly specialized polymer to be used in the formulation of its government furnished materials (GFM) by the Fiber Production Branch (FPB). DuPont is the only manufacturer of this material, and Formerra LLC is the only licensed distributor of this material for DuPont in North America. FPB’s customer prohibits changing the materials used in production of GFM and therefore a different grade or type of polymer would be unsuitable. No company other than Formerra LLC is known to be capable of providing the required polymer.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 325211 and the size standard is 1,250 employees.
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. No solicitation document is available.
Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by sending responses regarding this requirement to the Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground CCAP-DDN, Natick Division via EMAIL ONLY to alexandra.m.biro2.civ@army.mil and lyndon.s.jagroop.civ@army.mil no later than 1500 EST 21 August 2026. Any questions regarding this notice must be in writing only; no telephonic replies will be accepted. The U.S. government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the expense of the interested party.
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