Cryogenic transportation trailer

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for the purchase of a cryogenic transportation trailer. The draft statement of work is included as an attachment to this posting. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition.

NASA AFRC’s Flight Loads Laboratory (FLL), located in Edwards, CA, routinely performs thermal tests that require the use of both liquid nitrogen (LN2) and gaseous nitrogen (GN2) to facilitate cooling of test hardware and purging test chambers. The FLL currently uses a 4000-gallon LN2 trailer capable of delivering LN2 at pressures up to 55 psi. In the past, the FLL used a LN2 recharger to deliver GN2 that could deliver temperature controlled GN2 at a volume flow rate of approximately 760 SCFM and a pressure of 100 psi. The LN2 recharger is no longer available to the FLL. As a result, the FLL requires a Department of Transportation (DOT) approved mobile trailer that combines the capability to deliver both LN2 and GN2. The mobile trailer shall consist of a self-contained, trailer-mounted unit capable of receiving, storing, transporting, and delivering LN2 and GN2.

NASA AFRC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the cryogenic transportation trailer. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Vendors having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references.

Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product.  A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.

All responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Melissa Newell (melissa.newell@nasa.gov) no later than December 13, 2024 at 4:00 pm Pacific. Please reference80AFRC25SS005 LN2 Trailerin any response. 

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited.  Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.