Compressed gases and gas mixtures

NIH has issued Invitation for Bid NIHOD2010179 for the furnishing of compressed gases and gas mixtures in NIH-owned cylinders on an as-needed basis.  Required gases and estimated annual quantities are as follows:  1) Pure Atmospheric Air-288 cylinders; 2) Argon-168 cylinders; 3) Pure Atmospheric Air and Carbon Dioxide-48 cylinders; 4) Nitrogen-1,332 cylinders; 5) Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide-96 cylinders; 6) Oxygen Size E-1,164 cylinders; 7) Oxygen Size G-480 cylinders; 8) Nitrous Oxide-36 cylinders; 9) Carbon Dioxide-3,672 cylinders; and one replacement cylinder for each of the gases.  The government requires delivery to be made the same day for orders received prior to 8:00 AM EST.  The anticipated period of performance for the contract is a base twelve month period, plus four (4) twelve month option periods for a total not to exceed period of sixty months.  This procurement is a total 100% small business set-aside.  The applicable NAICS code is 325120 and the size standard is 1000 employees.  All interested small business vendors under NAICS 325120 are encouraged to submit a bid.  Bids are due on January 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.  The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement shall only be available over the internet at the FedBizOpps website.  These documents will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application.  It is the bidder's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any).  Potential bidders will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).