The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $16,877 delivery order to Linde Hellas Single Person LTD, a Greece-based subsidiary of global industrial gases company Linde AG, for the supply of aviator's breathing oxygen. Issued on October 13, 2017, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2018, this firm-fixed-price delivery order was executed without a set-aside designation, indicating full and open competition. The contract was funded through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy and represents fulfillment of critical logistics requirements supporting U.S. military aviation operations in the European theater.
Linde Hellas specializes in supplying high-purity oxygen and nitrogen to support U.S. military aviation operations across multiple strategic locations in Europe, including bases in Turkey, Spain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. The company's demonstrated capability to meet Department of Defense logistics requirements is evidenced by its single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Energy, which carries a ceiling value of approximately $846,502 and extends through October 2026. This underlying indefinite delivery vehicle enables the issuance of delivery orders such as this one to sustain critical oxygen supply chains essential to military flight operations in the region.