Sources SoughtPosted Sep 28, 2026·Responses due Nov 2, 2026

DOE Critical Mineral Resource Potential

Energy · EM-ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT CON BUS CTR

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
DOECriticalMineralResource2026
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
OH, USA
Contact
Rob Seifert (robert.seifert@em.doe.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation DOECriticalMineralResource2026 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 18, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 18, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 23, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 28, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Sep 30, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 30, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 13, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 9, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026, middle of the range Oct 19, 2026.
Measured from 192 past early notices at Energy, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 18, 2026).
Responses are due Nov 2, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

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  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
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What the notice says

September 28, 2026 Please see attached Compiled EOI and Appendices_V2 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Expression of Interest�DOE�s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) Critical Minerals and Materials Inventory. AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy. ACTION: Expression of Interest (EOI). SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) publishes the following questions regarding potential collaboration with interested parties for the reuse of its critical and rare earth minerals and materials. The goal is to ensure surplus critical mine… (show all)

rals and materials within the DOE inventory are repurposed to bolster and diversify the U.S. supply chain. This will support domestic scientific, manufacturing, and energy needs. A list of materials and minerals in DOE�s inventory is supplied as an attachment. Respondents should note that industry partners would be responsible for the subsequent extraction or reprocessing of the material. THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ONLY. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO). A NOFO DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME. DOE will not provide funding or compensation for any information submitted in response to this EOI. This EOI is not seeking or accepting applications, and a response to this EOI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the ideas discussed. No material submitted for review will be returned. DATES: Responses to the EOI must be received no later than November 2, 2026. A virtual Industry Day will be held on September 30, 2026. For questions and a link to attend, please email Rob Seifert, robert.seifert@em.doe.gov. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to robert.seifert@em.doe.gov with the subject line �EM Critical Minerals Inventory� no later than November 2, 2026. All responses must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (.doc/.docx) of no more than five (5) pages in length, with black, Times New Roman, 12-point font, and 1-inch margins as an attachment to an email. The document cannot exceed 2MB in size. Only electronic responses to the above email address will be accepted. DOE will not consider responses submitted by any other means. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Seifert, (301)-250-5239, robert.seifert@em.doe.gov. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Expression of Interest�DOE�s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) Critical Minerals and Materials Inventory. AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy. ACTION: Expression of Interest (EOI). SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) publishes the following questions regarding potential collaboration with interested parties for the reuse of its critical and rare earth minerals and materials. The goal is to ensure surplus critical minerals and materials within the DOE inventory are repurposed to bolster and diversify the U.S. supply chain. This will support domestic scientific, manufacturing, and energy needs. A list of materials and minerals in DOE�s inventory is supplied as an attachment. Respondents should note that industry partners would be responsible for the subsequent extraction or reprocessing of the material. THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ONLY. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO). A NOFO DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME. DOE will not provide funding or compensation for any information submitted in response to this EOI. This EOI is not seeking or accepting applications, and a response to this EOI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the ideas discussed. No material submitted for review will be returned. DATES: Responses to the EOI must be received no later than November 2, 2026. A virtual Industry Day will be held on September 30, 2026. For questions and a link to attend, please email Rob Seifert, robert.seifert@em.doe.gov. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to robert.seifert@em.doe.gov with the subject line �EM Critical Minerals Inventory� no later than November 2, 2026. All responses must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (.doc/.docx) of no more than five (5) pages in length, with black, Times New Roman, 12-point font, and 1-inch margins as an attachment to an email. The document cannot exceed 2MB in size. Only electronic responses to the above email address will be accepted. DOE will not consider responses submitted by any other means. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Seifert, (301)-250-5239, robert.seifert@em.doe.gov.

Who won similar work

834 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Energy), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (819): middle half $28K to $497K, median $85K; range $267 to $3.0B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.16$2.8MSep 29, 2026
VALI COOPER INTERNATIONAL LLC14$37.2MAug 5, 2026
ENERGY BY NATIVE AMERICAN DESIGN CORP11$2.8MJun 2, 2026
RLH INC.11$514KSep 2, 2026
COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.11$300KSep 24, 2026
THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC9$3.4MAug 13, 2026
VECTOR RESOURCE INC8$85.9MAug 3, 2026
HUGHES BROTHERS INC8$10.3MAug 20, 2026
Aantilia LLC8$504KSep 24, 2026
SOFTWARE INFORMATION RESOURCE CORP.8$82KJul 27, 2026

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For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Energy, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Energy, Dept of job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

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  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 75 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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