HT941027N0011 NOI Liquid Oxygen Bulk Tank Rental and Refill.docx

Notice of Intent to Sole Source HT941027N0011

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE SUPPLY CONTRACT AND

IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA), Healthcare Contracting Division – San Diego (HCD-SD), intends to award a firm fixed price supply purchase for Liquid Oxygen Bulk Tank Rental and Refill at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 12.102(a) under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) for the acquisition of commercial products and services.

Airgas USA LLC Long Beach, CA 90808-1744

UEI: JU4DDQSGBM99

CAGE: 6NTX4

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 325120 – Industrial Gas Manufacturing; the business size standard is 1200 (in employees). The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6835 -Medical Gases.

The objective of this sole source award is to procure Liquid Oxygen Bulk Tank Rental and Refill

Delivery Dates:

No later than 01 Jan 2027

Delivery Location:

Naval Medical Center San Diego 34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego, CA 92134

Airgas USA LLC is the sole source capable of meeting the Government’s minimum requirements to provide critical bulk medical liquid oxygen (USP) tank leasing, maintenance, telemetry monitoring, and emergency/scheduled refill services at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). Uninterrupted bulk liquid oxygen delivery is an indispensable, life-critical utility vital to maintaining the continuous safety and clinical operations of NMCSD’s surgical suites, intensive care units, emergency departments, and patient ventilators.

The existing bulk cryogenic storage vessels, primary and auxiliary vaporizers, emergency reserve manifold, and integrated telemetry hardware are proprietary equipment manufactured, owned, and maintained exclusively by Airgas. Due to stringent Compressed Gas Association (CGA) and NFPA 99 (Health Care Facilities Code) standards, supplier-owned cryogenic bulk systems cannot be modified, connected to, serviced, or refilled by third-party industrial gas vendors. Attempting to transition to an alternative vendor would necessitate the decommissioning, crane removal, and physical replacement of the primary cryogenic storage tank and pad infrastructure. Such an undertaking would inevitably disrupt the hospital’s primary medical gas supply line, requiring extended reliance on secondary emergency cylinder reserves, introducing severe operational hazards, and creating unacceptable clinical risks to critically ill and ventilator-dependent patients.

Furthermore, NMCSD Facilities Engineering and safety personnel operate in direct synchronization with Airgas’s proprietary automated telemetry and regional logistical distribution network to prevent stockouts and manage cryogenic system pressure. Transitioning to an unfamiliar system would create logistical lag, require extensive recertification, and jeopardize life-support reliability. Because any interruption or modification to the primary bulk oxygen infrastructure presents immediate, life-threatening risks to hospitalized service members and beneficiaries, procuring bulk liquid oxygen tank rental and replenishment services directly from Airgas USA LLC is the only technically and medically viable option to ensure patient safety and mission continuity.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, and no formal solicitation document exists for this requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement. Submissions must include management, technical, and cost data in sufficient detail accompanied by convincing evidence to clearly demonstrate the capability to provide the required equipment and preventive maintenance. Capability statements shall not exceed four (4) pages (8.5" x 11" format) using a font size no smaller than 10-point. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. Requests for documentation, inquiries for additional information, or submissions consisting solely of questions will not be considered affirmative responses. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered exclusively for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole-source purchase order.

Response Instructions:

If a vendor challenges the basis of this requirement, please email capability statements as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to:

· Denise Bond at denise.d.bond.civ@health.mil

· Tracy Robinson at tracy.m.robinson18.civ@health.mil

The closing date for challenges is no later than 1000 Pacific Daylight Time, Tuesday, November 24, 2026.

NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS/OFFERS WILL BE HONORED.