Indium Metal

AMENDMENT 4: This amendment updates this solicitation with an extended closing date of July 21, 2026 at 12pm EST. See ACTION CODE below and attachments for full details. ************************************************************************ AMENDMENT 3: This amendment updates the dollar value, changes the Contracting Officer, updates the delivery locations in the SOW,amends the J&A and reopens this solicitation with a closing date of July 20, 2026. See ACTION CODE below and attachments for full details. ************************************************************************ AMENDMENT 2: A consolidated list of Questions and Answers is attached. The proposal due date has been extended to 11:59 p.m. (EST) time on February 17, 2026. ************************************************************************ AMENDMENT 1: The proposal due date has been extended to 11:59 p.m. (EST) time on February 9, 2026. ************************************************************************ (1) ACTION CODE: Purchase Requisition (PR): TBD (2) DATE: July 13, 2026 (3) YEAR: 2026 (4) CONTRACTING OFFICE ZIP CODE: 43213 (5) PSC: 9630 (6) CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: DLA Contracting Services Office (DCSO) Columbus 3990 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43213 (7) SUBJECT: Indium Ingots (8) SOLICITATION NUMBER: SP8000-26-R-0011 (9) CLOSING RESPONSE DATE: July 20, 2026 (10) CONTACT POINT OR CONTRACTING OFFICER: Zoryanna Siemer, Contract Specialist Zoryanna.Siemer@dla.mil, Alicia Barrowman, Contracting Officer Alicia.Barrowman@dla.mil, (11) CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER: TBD (12) CONTRACT AWARD DOLLAR AMOUNT: $250,000,000 Max Value for IDIQ(s) (13) LINE-ITEM NUMBERS: 0001 (Indium Ingot), 0002 (Testing) (14) CONTRACT AWARD DATE: TBD (15) CONTRACTOR: TBD (16) DESCRIPTION: This is a solicitation for the acquisition of commercial items using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services), FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation), and FAR 16.5 (Indefinite-Delivery Contracts). This solicitation is for multiple long term, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, against which the first delivery order will be firm fixed price (FFP) and all following delivery orders will be competed prior to being issued. The intended IDIQs will each consist of one (1) three (3)-year ordering period and are being solicited under Other than Full and Open Competition to only those offerors capable of producing/manufacturing Indium (in accordance with the Statement of Work) within the United States or outlying areas, as authorized by FAR 6.103-3(b)(1). This acquisition is for 4N (99.99%) purity indium metal ingots. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation reference # SP8000-26-R-0011 is being issued as a request for proposal (RFP). DLA Contracting Services Office - Columbus Division 4 (DCSO-C4) intends to award and administer an IDIQ contract with a three (3) year base period. This combined synopsis/solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the: Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-02, effective January 03, 2025. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) effective January 17, 2025. Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD) PROCLTR 2025-15, effective April 3, 2025 The complete text of any of the clauses, provisions and DLAD notes may be accessed in full at https://www.acquisition.gov/ and http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx. This acquisition is not set aside for small businesses. This acquisition is other than full and open competition with the intention to issue multiple awards. The applicable NAICS code is 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying with a size standard of 850 employees. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) by and through DCSO-C4 intends to award a contract guaranteed minimum of $10,000,000.00 equally divided among awardees and a combined contract maximum of up to $250,000,000.00 of indium metal ingots. The Government reserves the right to award less than the maximum dollar value. All indium ingots to be delivered under any resulting contract shall have a form and packaging conducive to long-term storage in an enclosed Government warehouse per the Statement of Work (SOW). Payment Terms: Net 30 from Invoice submission IAW SOW section J, para 3 The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and its Addendum, applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. The evaluation factors are as follows: Factor 1: Technical Approach and all subfactors will be evaluated including vendor submittals of sample Safety Data Sheets (SDS), Certificate of Analysis (COA), proposed standards and specifications and delivery schedule proposal. Factor 2: Recent and Relevant Past Performance Factor 3: Price A completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and shall be submitted with the vendor s offer if not available through SAM at https://www.sam.gov. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Potential offerors are hereby notified that this notice and subsequent amendments to the notice will only be available by downloading the documents at the SAM.gov Website at http://www.sam.gov. This office will not issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting a response to this notice, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither the offeror nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency. The Offeror shall mark each page of its quote with the legend Source Selection Information See FAR 2.101 and 3.104. This includes the cover page and every page that may contain source selection information. Note that the Offeror has an independent requirement to mark anything deemed to be bid or quote information, protected proprietary information, or other information that is to be protected from disclosure to ensure that the information is protected. Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs) and Quantities (See Attachment 1-Section B): CLIN 0001 4N Indium Metal Ingot* *Include packaging and shipping PSC/Material Code: 9630/N30001244 Unit of Issue: KG Period of Performance (PoP): 08/10/2026 08/09/2029 Delivery Period: 12 Months FOB/Inspection/Acceptance: Destination Pricing Terms: Firm-Fixed Price CLIN 0002 Third Party Material Testing PSC/Material Code: H999/V00007070 Unit of Issue: Lot (LT)/ Each (EA) Period of Performance (PoP): 08/10/2026 08/09/2029 Delivery Period: 12 Months FOB/Inspection/Acceptance: Destination Pricing Terms: Firm-Fixed Price It is anticipated that multiple IDIQ contracts will be awarded for the Indium Metal Ingots requirement as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation notice. Awards will be based on the lowest evaluated prices from responsible offerors (IAW FAR 9.104) who submits a proposal that conforms with the technical requirements of the solicitation with one or more IDIQ awards reserved for small business concerns IAW 19.503 reserves. Successful offerors must have a past performance rating of acceptable. The Provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition; with additional instructions to offerors included within this notice. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition; with the specific evaluation criteria included in paragraph (a) of the provision. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with its offeror OR confirm that the completed clause is included within its SAM.gov registration. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. The Clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Proposals are due by noon, 12:00 p.m. (EDT), July 20, 2026. Electronic proposals must be submitted via e-mail to Zoryanna Siemer at…