Request for Information (RFI): Advanced Battery Circularity & Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Client
- Dept of Defense
- Solicitation No.
- —
- Posted
- 10/19/2026
- Category
- US Federal
- Budget
- —
- NAICS
- 335910
- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
- Joshua Maradiaga
Description
AI GeneratedThe Defense Logistics Agency seeks market research to assess the defense industrial base's capabilities for end-of-life battery recovery, reclamation, and critical mineral recycling. The agency requires information from manufacturers and processors to evaluate how environmental regulations and executive orders affect military-grade and commercial battery management, storage, transport, and domestic reclamation. Manufacturers and processors in the defense industrial base can submit responses to answer the agency's specific questions. Responders must submit their answers directly via email to the point of contact or upload them to SAM prior to the closure of the Request for Information.
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- SP4705-27-J3-RFI-001
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Defense Logistics Agency › Dcso-Richmond Division #3
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 19, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 19, 2026
- NAICS
- 335910 · Battery Manufacturing
- Contracting contact
- Joshua Maradiaga
Joshua.Maradiaga@dla.mil
Read the official notice description
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is conducting market research to assess the defense industrial base's capabilities and readiness regarding end-of-life battery recovery, reclamation, and critical mineral recycling. As the Department of Defense (DoD) executive agent for hazardous waste disposal and combat logistics, DLA must evaluate how new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) universal waste regulations and Federal Executive Orders (including EO 14057 and EO 14110) impact the storage, transportation, processing, and domestic reclamation of military-grade and commercial batteries. Please provide direct, concise responses to the attached set of questions. The responses can be emailed directly to the POC for this RFI or uploaded to SAM prior to the closure of this RFI. If you have any further questions or need additional information please contact the POC for this RFI. This is a Request for Information (RFI) for planning and market research purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future.
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Battery Manufacturing). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 335910
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLCFA820625C0004 · MISSILE GUIDANCE SET BATTERY | $20.0M | Mar 31, 2030 |
| EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLCN0010426CK078 · NSN: 6135013398064 NALC: CWRG NOMENCLATURE: BATTERY THERMAL CROSSOVER | $5.7M | Jan 2, 2029 |
| AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS LLCSPRHA426P0041 · BATTERY | $278.8K | Dec 29, 2028 |
| W S DARLEY & COFA487726P0049 · 48 RQS IS REQUESTING PROCUREMENT OF WARRIOR PAK RECI DECK UNITS TO POWER ADVANCED, LIFE-SA | $84,757 | Nov 9, 2028 |
| STRYTEN ENERGY LLCN0016426FJ042 · FY 26 QTR 3 VA CLASS PMS450 | $790.2K | Sep 30, 2028 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 335910, since Oct 1, 2024
9,134 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. ENERSYS ENERGY PRODUCTS INC.$94.9M
- 2. EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC$36.4M
- 3. FIAMM ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (USA) LLC$30.3M
- 4. C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$19.9M
- 5. STRYTEN ENERGY LLC$17.9M
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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