Silver Reutilization and Account Maintenance Service
- Client
- Department of Defense · U.S. Navy
- RFP Number
- ACCT-27001
- Posted
- 10/16/2026
- Category
- Auditing, Finance and Accounting
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
- 331492
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Contact
- Christina Schmitt, Contract Specialist
Description
AI GeneratedThe Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport requires silver reutilization and account maintenance services. The contractor must provide facilities, equipment, and labor to process 4 to 6 annual shipments of silver-bearing material from expended batteries, refine the recovered silver to 99.9% purity bullion, and properly dispose of hazardous battery waste. Additionally, the contractor must maintain up to eight electronic accounts to store refined silver credits and transfer these balances to battery manufacturers upon request. Only onshore, United States organizations are eligible to bid. The work will be performed offsite, and the contractor must maintain all required environmental permits and certifications throughout the contract period. The provided text does not state the submission deadlines, evaluation criteria, contract term, or specific budget details.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from Draft Statement of Work.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The contractor will provide silver reutilization and account maintenance services to refine silver-bearing material recovered from batteries to achieve 99.9% purity. The contractor will maintain electronic credit accounts for the government and manage transfers to designated battery manufacturers. Eligible bidders must be USA organizations operating onshore.
- Issued by
- Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport
- Place of performance
- Contractor's processing facility (Offsite)
Scope of work
- Refine silver-bearing materials from expended batteries to achieve 99.9% purity in bullion form
- Dispose of resulting hazardous waste in compliance with environmental laws
- Maintain electronic credit accounts for stored refined silver (up to 8 accounts)
- Transfer silver credit balances electronically to government-selected battery manufacturers
- Report receipt of government property within 3 days of arrival
- Verify weights using a designated contractor employee and a neutral third-party observer
- Submit materials received and processed status reports (CDRL A001)
- Submit account balance reports (CDRL A002) and quarterly progress reports (CDRL A003)
Minimum qualifications
- USA Organization Only (Onshore)
- Maintain current permits, certifications, and licenses required by federal, state, and local authorities to accept, transport, store, process, and refine silver-bearing materials and handle hazardous waste
- Meet applicable Federal, State, and Local regulatory requirements for receiving, processing, storing, recycling, and disposal of silver bearing materials
Documents to include with the bid
- Weight bill signed by designated contractor employee and neutral third-party observer
- CDRL A001 Materials Received and Processed report
- CDRL A002 Account Balance Report
- CDRL A003 Progress Report
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- N0025327Q0001
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the Navy › Naval Undersea Warfare Center
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Responses due
- Oct 20, 2026, 8:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 15, 2026
- NAICS
- 331492 · Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)
- Product/service code
- P999
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Keyport, WA, 98345
- Contracting contact
- Christina Schmitt, Contract Specialist
christina.m.schmitt.civ@us.navy.mil - Additional contact
- Robert V. Fisher, Contracting Officer
robert.v.fisher.civ@us.navy.mil
Read the official notice description
Update: See Synopsis-Questions-Answers N0025327Q0001 15 Oct 2026 attachment
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport intends to issue a Request for Quote for Silver Reutilization 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 Reutilization High Silver Content 328,060 troy ounces
Silver Reutilization 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 presolicitation notice is for commercial services and is posted in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.101. This notice is not combined with a solicitation, to provide advance notice of the contract type and promote industry participation.
The Government intends to award one (1) Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a five-year ordering period, using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. The contract type will be Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment-Cost Index in accordance with FAR 16.203-4(d).
A draft Statement of Work and a draft Economic Price Adjustment clause are attached to this notice.
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 N0025327Q0001 on or about October 20, 2026. The anticipated closing response date is 30-days after the issuance of the Request for Quote. The Request for Quote will be full and open competition under FAR Subpart 12.201.
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 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 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 presolicitation notice.
For questions regarding this procurement, contact Christina Schmitt at [email protected].
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
Likely prior awards for this requirement
Likely matchAwarded by the same buying office (N00253) with descriptions matching "silver reutilization", performed in WA. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| GANNON & SCOTT PHOENIX, LLCN0025326P7005 · SILVER REUTILIZATION AND ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE SERVICES | $859.3K | Dec 21, 2026 |
Market context
Awards in the same category (Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 331492
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATIONSP800026F0030 · ANTIMONY METAL DO 4 | $30.0M | Jun 25, 2029 |
| UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATIONSP800026F0028 · ANTIMONY METAL DO 3 | $15.5M | Jun 8, 2029 |
| UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATIONSP800026F0004 · ANTIMONY METAL INGOTS DO 2 | $1.9M | Jan 14, 2028 |
| UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATIONSP800025F0009 · ANTIMONY METAL INGOTS FIRST DELIVERY ORDER. | $9.9M | Sep 25, 2027 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 331492, since Oct 1, 2024
77 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION$57.3M
- 2. GANNON & SCOTT PHOENIX, LLC$1.7M
- 3. T & R TRADING LLC$66,673
- 4. MIDWAY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC.$22,580
- 5. LANCASTER ALLOYS COMPANY, INC.$18,966
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.
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