Purchase Order 1333ND25PNB680089

This firm-fixed price purchase order contract was awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency under the Department of Commerce, to Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. for the procurement of Helium-3 (He3) gas to support a Dilution Refrigerator used by NIST's Atom Scale Devices Group for nano- and quantum device measurements. The contract, valued at $22,856.41, does not have a set-aside designation. Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. is a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer and supplier of industrial and medical gases. The company has received numerous prime federal contract awards and acts as a subcontractor, providing a variety of gases and related products to support diverse government operations, including research activities at agencies such as the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services.