Subscriptions for Critical Minerals Market Reports

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), operating under the Department of the Interior, seeks to procure subscriptions for ten critical minerals market reports through a non-competitive purchase order with CRU International Ltd. The reports will be delivered to Reston, Virginia, and are intended to provide proprietary data on global production, capacity, trade, consumption, demand drivers, and pricing for upstream minerals markets including mining, smelting, and refining operations. This procurement is being conducted as a sole-source acquisition under FAR 13.501(a), as CRU is identified as the only known source capable of providing these specialized market reports with unique proprietary datasets. Although this is a sole-source procurement, the USGS is accepting responses from all responsible sources until February 20, 2026, and any submissions will be considered in determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The anticipated contract award date is February 25, 2026, with written questions directed to Daniel Galvin at dgalvin@usgs.gov, referencing number 140G0125Q0175.

This procurement includes no set-aside designations and identifies CRU International Ltd as the intended non-competitive recipient. The contract will be structured as a firm-fixed-price purchase order with an initial one-year period of performance and three optional one-year renewal periods. The requirement is categorized under NAICS code 513120 (Periodical Publishers) with a size standard of 1000 employees, and falls under PSC category 7630 (Newspapers and Periodicals). While the specific contract value is not disclosed in the pre-solicitation notice, the scope encompasses annual subscriptions to ten specialized market reports supporting critical minerals analysis and forecasting for federal decision-making purposes.