Purchase Order 12305B20P0138

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Messer LLC, doing business as Messer North America, for the delivery of liquid oxygen. The $89,384.02 contract has a period of performance through July 31, 2024 and was awarded on September 10, 2020.

The original solicitation was seeking proposals from laboratories interested in analyzing ingredients and constituents in dietary supplements as part of the Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID) program, which is a collaboration between ARS, the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements, and other federal agencies. This contract award is not associated with a larger contracting vehicle. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.

Messer LLC is a manufacturer and supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, including liquid nitrogen, liquid helium, compressed gases, and bulk oxygen, that has extensive experience supporting various government operations, research activities, and space exploration programs through both prime contracts and subcontracts with agencies such as NASA, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Mint.