DOE Critical Mineral Resource Potential
Energy · EM-ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT CON BUS CTR
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DOECriticalMineralResource2026 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
September 30, 2026 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 rep… (show all)
urposed 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 DOECriticalMinerals@doe.gov. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to DOECriticalMinerals@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: DOECriticalMinerals@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.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 16 | $2.8M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VALI COOPER INTERNATIONAL LLC | 14 | $37.2M | Aug 5, 2026 |
| ENERGY BY NATIVE AMERICAN DESIGN CORP | 11 | $2.8M | Jun 2, 2026 |
| RLH INC. | 11 | $514K | Sep 2, 2026 |
| COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC. | 11 | $300K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 9 | $3.4M | Aug 13, 2026 |
| VECTOR RESOURCE INC | 8 | $85.9M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| HUGHES BROTHERS INC | 8 | $10.3M | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Aantilia LLC | 8 | $504K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| SOFTWARE INFORMATION RESOURCE CORP. | 8 | $82K | Jul 27, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 16, 2026Booth Management Consulting, LLC$194KR--Project and Contract Management Support
- Sep 30, 2026ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.$785KD--Buyer: Anissa Beasinger.Renewal of AspenTech li
- Sep 30, 2026MR SOLUTIONS INC$1.5M66--ImaCore 3D Imaging Rock Core Imaging MRI System
- Sep 30, 2026MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC$572K66--IRA Funds. Purchase of High-Performance X-Ray Diff
- Sep 30, 2026HOPEWELL DESIGNS, INC.$184K66--Firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to Hopewell Designs for N40-1-A Neutron Irradiator System.
- Sep 30, 2026TECHCOMP USA INC$105K66--Purchase of degasser from Isotopx.
- Sep 30, 2026PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.$619K66--IRA Funds for purchase of Sub-500nm Laser Scanning
- Sep 30, 2026GEM TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, CORP$243KR--TEPS III NRLFO MSD Records Administrative Assistan
- Sep 30, 2026TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS, INC.$359K66--High Pressure Pumps
- Sep 30, 2026HAZEN AND SAWYER, D.P.C. New York NY 10018 USA$1.0MConsulting Flood Hydrologist Services for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Competitive landscape
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
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 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
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.