Samarium-Europium-Gadolinium Plus (SEG+) Oxide Concentrate

SPECIAL NOTICE

Solicitation Number: SP8000-18-R-0002

Subject: Notice of intent to solicit for Samarium-Europium-Gadolinium Plus (SEG+) Oxide Concentrate

Description: The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials has a requirement to purchase SEG+ oxide concentrate containing 6,000 kilograms of Europium Oxide (relative to Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO)); this acquisition will include Independent Third-Party Testing for all material delivered. The Contractor/Supplier/Producer of the material purchased shall be responsible for Independent Third-Party Conformance Testing (sampling and laboratory analysis) of the material to verify that it conforms to all specifications of the Statement of Work.

DLA Strategic Materials Directorate of Contracting located in Fort Belvoir, VA intends to solicit and award a firm fixed price contract. This action will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Negotiations. The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of technical acceptability, past performance, price and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to be eligible for award.

This requirement is unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. The solicitation will be available on or before December 21, 2017.

A copy of the solicitation will be available after issuance, on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov).

The Pre-Proposal Conference will be announced in the solicitation. Anticipated award date is Mar 30, 2018.

Period of performance: One (1) Year.

Delivery Schedule: The Contractor shall deliver material within 270 days from the date of contract award. All material deliveries and tests/analyses/samples will be accomplished within 365 days after the contracted is awarded; material will be delivered to the DLA Strategic Materials Storage Depot located in Hammond, Indiana.

Place of Performance:
Defense Logistics Agency
3200 Sheffield Avenue
Hammond, Indiana 46327-1003
United States of America

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): 212299, All Other Metal Ore Mining, with a small business size standard of 750 employees.

Federal Service Code (FSC): 9620, Minerals Natural and Synthetic.

Points of Contact:
Yazmin Mendoza, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 767-2165, E-mail: yazmin.mendoza@dla.mil,

Noelle Albert, Contracting Officer, Phone (703) 767-6481, E-mail: noelle.albert@dla.mil

Contracting Office Address:
8725 John J Kingman Road Suite 3229
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6223