Solicitation for HF1 Steel IDIQ

The Defense Logistics Agency is soliciting a sole-source, five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the acquisition of High Fragmentation 1 Steel (HF-1 Steel) to support the National Defense Stockpile, with the requirement being authorized under 10 U.S.C. §3204(a)(3)(A) and implemented via FAR 6.103-3(b)(1). The contract will be awarded under FAR Part 12 procedures as a commercial item acquisition, with a base ordering period of 60 months, and an estimated total quantity of 438,480,000 pounds over the contract term, distributed across five annual volumes ranging from 72.5 million to 104.4 million pounds per year. The material, a 6.75-inch forged steel bar used for 155mm artillery shell casings, must meet strict chemical composition specifications with defined weight percentages for carbon, manganese, silicon, and other elements, and must be sourced, packaged, and delivered to the DLA Strategic Materials storage depot at destination FOB terms. The contractor is required to provide a Certificate of Analysis for each production lot, submitted electronically in PDF format prior to shipment, and must adhere to comprehensive marking and labeling requirements including permanent, legible, English-language serial numbers traceable to each bar’s COA, and inclusion of commodity grade, country of origin, producer information, gross and net weights, lot and contract numbers—all without any security classification or DLA ownership indication except the contract number. Compliance with regulatory standards is extensive, encompassing Department of Transportation (49 CFR 173) for hazardous material classification and transport, Environmental Protection Agency (40 CFR 260) for waste characterization and disposal, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (29 CFR 1910) for handling and storage, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection documentation including Forms 7501, 6059, and 5106 for import compliance. All testing must occur within the Continental United States, and the contractor must submit a sampling and testing plan with their proposal, collecting two equivalent samples per lot—one for the government, to be shipped with the material. Proposals must be submitted electronically via email by June 16, 2026, containing a cover letter with a unique proposal number and certification of accuracy, evidence of active SAM registration, a technical approach demonstrating