Purchase Order N0017315P7408

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $3,881.73 firm fixed-price purchase order to Praxair Distribution Mid-Atlantic, LLC (doing business as Gts-Welco) for helium on August 31, 2015, with an ultimate completion date of September 2, 2015. The work was performed in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This contract was awarded through open competition with no set-aside designation, reflecting the vendor's competitive capability in the industrial gases marketplace. Praxair Distribution Mid-Atlantic is a subsidiary of Linde Inc. (formerly operating under the Praxair name), a global industrial gases and engineering company headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.

Praxair Distribution Mid-Atlantic specializes in the production and distribution of medical and specialty gases to federal defense and research operations. Beyond this Office of Naval Research purchase order, the company maintains substantial federal contracting relationships, primarily through a $6.5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Defense Health Agency extending through September 2030, supplying medical gases and associated equipment to military healthcare facilities. The vendor has also received additional purchase orders from the Office of Naval Research and Naval Sea Systems Command for specialty gases including xenon, krypton, and nitrogen, demonstrating its established role as a reliable supplier of specialized gas products across multiple Department of Defense agencies.