Purchase Order N0017316P7129

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $5,902.80 firm fixed-price purchase order to Praxair Distribution Mid-Atlantic, LLC (doing business as Gts-Welco) on January 6, 2016, for the supply of liquid helium. The work was completed by January 8, 2016, and performed in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This award utilized open competition with no set-aside designation, reflecting the vendor's capability to compete on equal terms in the federal marketplace. Praxair Distribution Mid-Atlantic is a subsidiary of Linde Inc., a global industrial gases and engineering company that supplies specialized gases to critical government operations across aerospace, defense, energy, and research sectors.

Praxair Distribution Mid-Atlantic maintains an established relationship with federal agencies through its substantial contract portfolio focused on supplying medical and specialty gases to the Department of Defense and its subordinate entities. Beyond this Office of Naval Research purchase order, the company has received additional awards from Naval Sea Systems Command for specialty gases, demonstrating recurring demand for its products in naval research and operations. The vendor's parent company, Linde Inc., holds significant Indefinite Delivery Vehicle contracts with NASA and the Defense Logistics Agency for industrial gases, including a $41.4 million NASA contract for liquid and gaseous helium supply, providing additional context for the liquid helium products supplied through this purchase order.