CONUS grade B helium LTC for navy dive, panama city, FL

INTRODUCTION: This pre-solicitation notice issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy-FEM- San Antonio, Texas.  This is NOT a solicitation for proposal.  No awards will be made from the responses to this announcement. 

The Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy), as the Department of Defense (DOD) Integrated Material Manager (IMM) for Aerospace Energy products and related services has a 60-month requirement for delivery of Propellant Pressurizing Agent Helium, Gaseous Helium which shall conform to the requirements of Type I, Grade B of specification MIL-PRF-27407D, dated 01 August 2014, in support of the Department of Defense (DoD). One copy of a Certificate of Analysis (COA) for each sample required by the specification shall be attached to the container inside the rear cabinet and shall also be submitted as an attachment to the applicable document in Wide Area Workflow.  The Total Estimated Quantity is 1,498,000.000 Cubic Feet. The contractor shall provide all product, materials, supplies, management, tools, equipment, transportation, and labor necessary for the delivery of the requested products F.O.B. Destination into a Government-owned tank at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit in Panama City, FL.  Period of performance is 01 September 2022 to 31 August 2027.

Offers must be able to provide the Gaseous Helium products in support to the DLA Energy customer, but this requirement will be competed amongst all suppliers who can offer these products.  As stated under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(b)(1)(i), statutory authority for this contracting action is 41 U.S.C.§3304(a)(1).  The head of an agency may use procedures other than competitive procedures when there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the agency’s minimum needs can be satisfied by only one supplier with unique capabilities to meet the entire requirement.

The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price Type Requirements Contract with a 60-month period of performance using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items procedures.  Subject solicitation will be issued on or about August 1, 2022.  For additional information and/or to communicate concerns, please contact carrie.harmon@dla.mil or willard.ramseur@dla.mil.  For questions regarding Small Business or Small Disadvantage Business affairs, contact DLA Small Business Office at 571-767-9400.