Bulk Carbon Dioxide Supply with Telemetry System and Telemetry Monitoring, Base + 4 option years

The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research seeks a contractor to supply bulk carbon dioxide with an integrated telemetry monitoring system for its White Oak Campus facility in Silver Spring, Maryland, with proposals due July 20, 2026, at 3:30 PM Central Time. No set-aside applies; full and open competition.

The contract is firm-fixed-unit-price, consumption-based, for a base year plus four optional one-year periods (September 18, 2026 through September 17, 2031). Three line items comprise the pricing: CO2 bulk refills at an estimated 215,000 pounds annually of beverage-grade CO2 (99.9% purity minimum) priced per pound with a government minimum purchase guarantee of 1,000 pounds; turnkey telemetry system service and monthly monitoring at a fixed monthly rate; and bulk delivery and transport charges at an estimated 26 deliveries annually, priced per delivery. NAICS code 325120 applies with a small business size standard of 1,200 employees.

The contractor must furnish, install, own, operate, and maintain a telemetry tank monitoring system for a government-owned Chart Industries VS-6 Ton CC350 bulk CO2 tank, ensuring continuous tracking with a mandatory 10-day minimum reserve (30% or 458 gallons). Critical performance requirements include 2-hour emergency onsite response for low-supply conditions (24/7/365), 99.9% monthly telemetry system uptime, 100% fluid quality certification per International Society of Beverage Technologists standards, and compliance with all applicable transportation and safety regulations. The system must provide backup power, communication redundancy, and automated notifications with secure web-based interface access.

Technical acceptability is evaluated on strict pass/fail basis against three criteria: telemetry system capability with documented onsite response times; supply chain risk mitigation with formal manufacturer commitment; and unconditional acceptance of the Performance Requirements Summary Matrix including mandatory emergency response timelines. Award goes to the lowest-price technically acceptable quoter. The government reserves the right to cancel and re-solicit if all technically acceptable small business quotes are unreasonably high. An update issued July 9, 2026, incorporated the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan and clarified the technical evaluation criteria. Questions and quotes are submitted to Suzanne Martella at suzanne.martella@fda.hhs.gov. Payment is Net 30 days after government acceptance via the Invoice Processing Platform.