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Nickel - DLA SP8000

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RFI-NickelFederal

Submission Closed03/19/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTC

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NAICS: 331410

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DOE Critical Mineral Resource Potential

Solicitation # DOECriticalMineralResource2026

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is seeking expressions of interest from potential collaborators to reuse, recover, and repurpose critical and rare earth minerals from its legacy inventories. The primary objective is to bolster and diversify the U.S. domestic supply chain for scientific, manufacturing, and energy needs. Significant resources are located at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Kentucky, including approximately 8,000 tons of aluminum and 2,000 tons of copper, both of which are surficially contaminated with uranium, as well as smaller quantities of tungsten, silver, platinum, and selenium. Other materials of interest include lead bricks and lead shot at the Nevada National Security Site and lithium hydride shields at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This action is strictly an Expression of Interest and does not constitute a Notice of Funding Opportunity; the DOE will not provide compensation for submitted information, and industry partners are responsible for all extraction and reprocessing costs. Interested parties must submit electronic responses in a specific Microsoft Word format to [email hidden] by November 2, 2026. Submissions should detail the organization's technical capabilities, material requirements, proposed reuse plans, and strategies for waste management. Any proprietary business information must be submitted as two separate versions: one marked as Controlled Unclassified Information and one as unclassified, uncontrolled information.

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DLA Maritime - Puget Sound

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7 months ago

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General Info

Agency

Department Of Defense → Dcso Columbus Division #3

NAICS

331410 - Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining

Place of Performance

Columbus, OH, 43213, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

DLA Strategic Materials Nickel RFI

5 pages · rfi

High

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Timeline

1 update

PhaseClosed

PostedMar 4

Sources Sought

Notice updatedMar 12

The notice title changed.

Response DeadlineMar 19

Deadline has passed

Submission Closed

03/19/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTC

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Dcso Columbus Division #3

Contacts2 people available

OfficeFORT BELVOIR, VA, 22060-6223, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Dcso Columbus Division #3

Office AddressFORT BELVOIR, VA, 22060-6223, USA

Contacts

Felicia London

contact@example.gov

Alicia Barrowman

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+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

1. DISCLAIMER: This request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and is not a request for quote (RFQ), invitation for bid (IFB), or an obligation on the part of the government to acquire any supplies or services. Responses to this RFI are not quotes or offers and cannot be accepted by the government to form a binding contract. The government will determine if/how to proceed based on the results of this notice. Companies that respond to this notice should not expect to receive feedback regarding submissions. The government will not pay any costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the expense of the responding party. The information provided in this notice is subject to change and is not binding on the government. All submissions become government property and will not be returned. DLA Strategic Materials representatives may or may not choose to meet with potential offerors. Such conversations would only be intended to get further clarification of potential capability to meet the requirements, especially any development and certification risks.

2. SCOPE OF WORK: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Strategic Materials Directorate is seeking information for the potential acquisition of 3,500 MT of Nickel metal for addition into the National Defense Stockpile (NDS).