NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4)

NASA Kennedy Space Center awarded the Master IDIQ for NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4) on July 1, 2024, to procure liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen for delivery to NASA field centers nationwide through June 30, 2029. The vehicle is unrestricted with no set-aside designation and carries a combined potential value of $92 million across 31 task orders.

Ordering momentum has slowed significantly. The vehicle generated 24 orders in its first year (2024), five in 2025, and two in 2026 through July. With roughly 2 years and 11 months of ordering authority remaining, the vehicle has obligated $38.8 million (42 percent of combined potential value).

Awarded orders span bulk liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen delivery to multiple NASA centers. Task orders fund operations at Kennedy Space Center, Goddard Space Center, Glenn Research Center, Johnson Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Stennis Space Center, Langley Research Center, and Ames Research Center, with typical ceilings ranging from under $10,000 for emergency fills to multi-million-dollar standing supply agreements extending through June 2029.

The industrial gas market shows moderate concentration by vendor value. Messer LLC leads on potential value with four orders worth $50 million combined, followed by Linde Inc. with five orders worth $18 million, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. with 18 orders worth $14 million combined. Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. and Airgas USA LLC hold smaller positions. Air Products dominates by order count with 18 of 31 awards.

Customer concentration is marked. NASA Stennis Space Center accounts for three orders with $48.1 million combined potential value (54 percent of the vehicle total), driven by two large standing supply agreements. Goddard Space Center holds ten orders but only $4.9 million in potential value, reflecting many smaller-dollar individual tank fills. Johnson Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, and Glenn Research Center collectively account for 14 orders and $17.1 million in potential value. The remaining eight task orders serve Langley, Ames, Kennedy, and LaRC.

All 31 task orders carry fixed-price or fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment structures. No task orders employ competitive procedures or set-asides.