What is the total quantity and duration of the US Department of Defense's lithium carbonate procurement plan announced on July 2, and what is the maximum contract value?

The US Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) announced a five-year lithium carbonate procurement plan with a total cap of 16,167 tons (commonly rounded to 16,200 tons in the title) of battery-grade lithium carbonate, with a maximum contract value of $300 million.

How is the annual procurement volume structured across the five-year contract, and when was the bid submission deadline?

The annual procurement volume starts at approximately 3,657 tons in the first contract year and decreases each year, reaching about 2,839 tons in the fifth year; bids were accepted by the DLA until July 17.

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