Compressed Specialty Gas - Raleigh, NC

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) is soliciting quotations for compressed specialty gas services, including supply, rental, and delivery of high-purity compressed gases such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, argon, and specialty gas mixtures to support scientific research operations in Raleigh, North Carolina. The contractor must meet DOT and OSHA compliance requirements, provide routine delivery within 1-2 business days and emergency response within 24 hours, maintain cylinder inventory and tracking, and submit itemized monthly invoices through the Invoice Processing Platform. Award will be made using a lowest price technically acceptable evaluation method, with criteria including total price for the full period of performance, technical acceptability based on demonstrated capability to meet requirements, and past performance ratings. Quotations must be submitted via email to jennifer.busbea@usda.gov with the subject line "Quote for 1232SA26Q0488" by the deadline specified on sam.gov, and all questions must be submitted by April 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM CST. Quoters must hold prices firm for 90 calendar days from receipt and verify their business location is within 200 miles of the delivery locations.

This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside acquisition under NAICS code 325120 with a small business size standard of 1,200 employees, limiting competition to qualified small businesses. No incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation materials. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed price award with a base period from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027, plus four one-year option periods extending through April 30, 2031, with specific pricing required for 165 total cylinders across multiple gas types and locations. Performance will be delivered F.O.B. destination to ten specified addresses throughout Raleigh and North Carolina State University (NCSU) campus facilities. The solicitation was posted on April 16, 2026, with the proposal due date of April 24, 2026, providing a compressed timeline for interested small businesses to submit their quotations.