The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a purchase order to Critical Systems Inc. for a gas abatement system on September 30, 2026, with a ceiling value of $99,243.45. This is a total small business set-aside acquisition under NAICS 333242.
The system will be installed at NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland campus (Building 221, 100 Bureau Drive). Critical Systems Inc. must deliver and install a dry bed absorber/scrubber cabinet capable of abating hydrogen fluoride and other fluorine-containing reaction by-products across a defined gas matrix (hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, argon, oxygen, chlorine, tetrafluoromethane, trifluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, and sulfur hexafluoride) at specified flow rates. The system requires a removable canister with minimum one-year lifetime at 25 sccm hexafluoroethane flow, single-phase 100–125V power (18 amps maximum), DN 25 or DN 40 ISO-KF connections, and continuous gas monitoring to ensure outlet concentrations remain below TLV and LEL thresholds. Delivery is FOB Destination within 12 weeks of award. The contractor must provide installation documentation and conduct onsite training for up to five NIST users within 90 days of installation, with a 12-month warranty commencing upon government acceptance. Payment is 100% upon installation, acceptance, testing, and performance demonstration. Performance is due April 30, 2027.