Silver Reclamation, Storage, and Account Maintenance Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- PreSolicitation-Notice-N0025326Q0003
- Agency
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Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)
- PSC
- P999 Salvage- Other
- Place of performance
- Keyport, Washington, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport is seeking silver reclamation, storage, and account maintenance services through a pre-solicitation notice posted on October 10, 2025. The contractor will process silver-bearing materials recovered from batteries, refining the silver to 99.9% purity for use in manufacturing new batteries requiring high-purity silver. The contractor must be a Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) capable of handling 4-6 shipments per year of hazardous battery waste materials, with each shipment ranging from 13,000 to 95,000 pounds. Key requirements include processing materials within 60 days, maintaining electronic silver credit accounts, providing detailed status and account reports, and achieving a 75-90% return rate of refined silver. The government intends to award one Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a five-year ordering period using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. The Request for Quote is anticipated to be issued around October 20, 2025, with responses due 20 days after issuance, and interested vendors have until October 24, 2025, to respond to this pre-solicitation notice.
This opportunity is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 331492 (Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal) with a size standard of 850 employees. The annual requirements include processing 328,060 troy ounces of high silver content material, 582,421 troy ounces of low silver content material, and maintaining 439,108 troy ounces in silver account maintenance services, plus 9 transaction fees. The contract will be competed under FAR Subpart 13.5 and will be available through the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) system. Interested vendors must establish a PIEE account with "Proposal Manager" role activation and obtain the necessary digital credentials to submit offers electronically. No incumbent contractor or specific budget range is mentioned in the pre-solicitation notice. The contract structure as an IDIQ with a five-year ordering period suggests significant ongoing value for silver reclamation services supporting the Navy's battery operations.
Notice text
PROCUREMENT SYNOPSIS
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport intends to issue a Request for Quote for Silver Reclamation and Account Maintenance Services. The requirement involves the refinement of silver-bearing material recovered from batteries, for which the refined silver will be used to manufacture new batteries that require silver of 99.9% purity. Annual requirements:
- Silver Reclamation High Silver Content 328,060 troy ounces
- Silver Reclamation Low Silver Content 582,421 troy ounces
- Silver Account Maintenance 439,108 troy ounces
- Transaction Fee 9 each
- Contract Data Requirements List 1 Lot (Not Separately Priced)
This synopsis / advanced notice is for commercial services in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.203. A draft Statement of Work is attached to this notice.
The Government intends to award one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a five-year ordering period, using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures.
The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) for the requirement is P999 (Salvage – other) and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 331492 (Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)), with a small business size standard of 850 employees.
The Government anticipates issuing the Request for Quote using number N0025326Q0003 on or about October 20, 2025. The anticipated closing response date is 20-days after the issuance of the Request for Quote. The Request for Quote will be a total small business set-aside competed under FAR Subpart 13.5.
The Request for Quote will be made available through the Solicitation Module in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) at https://piee.eb.mil/. Interested vendors must establish a PIEE account and obtain "Proposal Manager" role activation through the PIEE Contractor Administrator to submit offers electronically. Vendors will need a Digital PIN, One-Time Password, and CAGE Code to successfully save and submit offers through the system. For information and instructions regarding the Solicitation Module in PIEE, please visit https://dodprocurementtoolbox.com/site-pages/solicitation-module.
Offerors must have a current registration and completed representations and certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM) at website https://sam.gov/, a Federal Government owned website.
The Government is not soliciting, nor will it accept offers as a result of this notice.
For questions regarding this procurement, contact Carly Beadle at carly.beadle.civ@us.navy.mil.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Draft Statement of Work.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Reclamation, Storage, and Account Maintenance Services | Solicitation | |
| Silver Reclamation, Storage, and Account Maintenance Services | Solicitation | |
| Silver Reclamation, Storage, and Account Maintenance Services | Solicitation | |
| Silver Reclamation, Storage, and Account Maintenance Services | Solicitation | |
| Silver Reclamation, Storage, and Account Maintenance Services | Solicitation | |
| Silver Reclamation, Storage, and Account Maintenance Services | Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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