Bulk liquid oxygen and tank rental

Notice of Intent to Sole Source HT941023N0110

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

AIRGAS USA, LLC.  The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA), Western Markets Contracting Division (WMCD), San Diego, intends to award a firm fixed price Sole Source supply/service contract for the procurement of bulk liquid oxygen, tank rental, monitoring and maintenance in support of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Ca  UNDER THE AUTHORITY of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501(a), Sole Source acquisitions and FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), only one source being available to meet the Government’s needs, to

          Airgas USA, LLC

3737 Worsham Avenue

            Long Beach, CA 90808-1774

 The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6810 Chemicals

Supplies and/or Services minimum requirements:

Bulk Liquid Oxygen supply and Delivery to include:

OX USPBLK - OXYGEN USP BULK (1,800,000 SCF)

OX USPBLK - Delivery Flat Fee BK (12 EA)

OX USPBLK - Bulk Hazmat Flat Rt (12 EA)

- Bulk Liquid Oxygen Tank Rental and Service to include:

LOX- CYLINDER 1,500 GALLON VERTICAL STORAGE TANK – LOX (yearly)

CYLINDER 160 GALLON VERTICAL RESERVE STORAGE TANK (yearly)

MONITORING AND MAITENANCE SERVICE (yearly)

The objective of this sole source award is to procure Bulk Liquid Oxygen (LOX), cylinder rentals monitoring and maintenance for Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, California.

The tanks and bulk oxygen were installed and operational in July 2013 in preparation for the commissioning of the new hospital. The government doesn’t own or operate any of the equipment’s. All equipment’s are the property of Airgas USA, LLC.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations, and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data and cost information, in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to provide the required services at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Ca. Capability statements shall not exceed six (8.5 x 11 inch) pages 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. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source purchase order.

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. The closing date for challenges is no later than 10:00 am Pacific Daylight Time, 13 September 2023.

NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS/OFFERS WILL BE HONORED.