# PIEE #N0025327Q0001

Silver reutilization and account maintenance services for recovered battery materials

**Buyer:** NUWC Division Keyport
**Posted:** October 29, 2026
**Respond By:** November 30, 2026
**Identifier:** N0025327Q0001
**NAICS:** 331492

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport is seeking services to recover and manage silver from battery materials.
- **Government buyer:** Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport.
- **Requirement:** Refine silver-bearing material recovered from batteries for reuse in manufacturing new batteries; refined silver must meet **99.9% purity**.
- **Annual service quantities:** 380,000 troy ounces of high-silver-content reutilization; 725,000 troy ounces of low-silver-content reutilization; and account maintenance for 500,000 troy ounces.
- **Other line items:** 10 silver reutilization transaction fees and one Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) lot, which is not separately priced.
- **OEMs and named vendors:** None identified in the provided information.
- **Performance period:** Five-year ordering period; specific start and end dates are not stated.

### Description

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport is issuing this 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. AnnuaI requirements: Silver Reutilization High Silver Content 380,000 troy ounces  | Silver Reutilization Low Silver Content 725,000 troy ounces  |  Silver Account Maintenance 500,000 troy ounces   |  Transaction Fee 10 each   |  Contract Data Requirements List 1 Lot (Not Separately Priced).  This Request for Quote is for commercial services and is posted in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.201. 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 Firm-Fixed-Price and Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment-Cost Index in accordance with FAR 16.203-4(d). 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 Request for Quote is competed using full and open competition simplified procedures under FAR Subpart 12.201. The Request for Quote is 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 the 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 a current registration and completed representations and certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/, a Federal Government owned website. For questions regarding this procurement, contact Christina Schmitt at christina.m.schmitt.civ@us.navy.mil and Robert Fisher at robert.v.fisher.civ@us.navy.mil.

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