How to respond to DLA’s Middle East Region Commercial Lab Testing RFI

What DLA Energy is seeking

DLA Energy is gathering market information from companies that can test government-owned petroleum products and provide sampling when requested across locations in the Middle East Gulf Region. Testing covers specified fuels, additives, and lubricating oils and must follow the applicable military and industry specifications.

Laboratories must be located at the listed locations. The notice calls for service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with test turnaround times that vary by test. This is a sources sought notice for market research, not a request for proposals or a promise of a contract.

Deadline and what happens next

Responses are due October 30, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The notice says responses must be no more than 15 pages.

DLA Energy will use responses for planning and market research. The notice does not promise that the agency will issue a solicitation or award a contract.

Who this opportunity may suit

This notice is relevant to petroleum testing laboratories with facilities at the listed locations and the ability to support continuous service and the stated turnaround times. The listed NAICS code is 541380, with a $19.0 million size standard.

Firms should also consider whether they can provide qualified personnel with appropriate clearances as required, support testing across multiple locations, and sustain the work described in the notice. The notice asks respondents to describe any anticipated teaming arrangements.

How to access the notice

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Prepare a focused response

Keep the response within the 15-page limit and answer the notice’s questions directly. Include the requested company profile details, relevant testing capabilities, personnel information, and past performance details. For past work, describe your role, the services performed, contract information, any other parties’ work, and how you addressed performance problems.

Explain which listed locations your laboratories can support and how your operation can meet the applicable test and transportation turnaround times, including the different timelines stated for Iraq and other locations. Be precise about the tests and fuel specifications your team can handle rather than making broad claims.

The notice states that DLA Energy contractors must be registered in SAM and WAWF. It also asks firms to address financial capacity for the anticipated contract period and any teaming plans. This is market research, so provide clear, factual information that helps the agency assess your capability.