Gaseous Nitrogen for Vandenberg SFB, CA

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Solicitation number
SPE60125R0304
Agency
Energy Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing
PSC
9135 Liquid Propellant Fuels And Oxidizers, Chemical Base
Place of performance
Lompoc, California 93437, United States
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Aerospace is conducting a Sources Sought Request for Information (RFI) to identify potential suppliers for Gaseous Nitrogen (GN2) production at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The agency is seeking a contractor capable of providing all production-related facilities, raw materials, supplies, management, tools, equipment, and labor necessary to manufacture Type I, Grade B GN2 that meets MIL-PRF-27401H specifications. Interested organizations must submit detailed capability statements demonstrating their ability to own and operate a production plant, perform required sampling and testing, and allow government quality assurance inspections. Evaluation criteria will focus on the supplier's technical capabilities, including their ability to meet specific specification requirements and willingness to accommodate government oversight. All responses must be submitted by close of business on February 26, 2025, to Contracting Specialist Kristofer Cowles and Contracting Officer Willard Ramseur via email.

The procurement is not set aside for any specific business category, and no incumbent contractors are mentioned in the notice. The anticipated contract has an estimated 36-month period of performance beginning in September 2025, with an estimated quantity of 632,832 MC of Gaseous Nitrogen. While no specific award value is disclosed, potential suppliers must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and provide their CAGE code and DUNS number. The notice emphasizes that this is not a formal solicitation, and no awards will be made directly from these responses. Instead, the information gathered will be used to inform the government's future acquisition strategy. Interested companies are advised to provide comprehensive details about their capabilities, including any limitations in meeting the full specification requirements, to support the government's market research process.

Notice text

Introduction:

This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought notice issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Aerospace – San Antonio, Texas. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals. No awards will be made from the responses to this announcement. However, responses may be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a future procurement. This notice issued by DLA Energy Aerospace is to identify potential sources and solicits industry to express their capability and interest to provide all the production related facilities, raw materials, supplies, management, tools, equipment and labor necessary for the manufacture of Gaseous Nitrogen (GN2).

Specification Requirements:

  1. Gaseous Nitrogen (GN2), Type I, Grade B, NSN (9135-00-935-5863) shall meet the requirements of MIL-PRF-27401H dated 09 Jan 2024.

Potential Locations:

  1. Vandenberg SFB, CA

Anticipated Period of Performance:

This potential requirement has an estimated thirty-six-month period of performance. If this requirement develops, the starting period of performance is September 2025.

Estimated Quantities for this potential requirement:

Estimated quantity of 632,832 MC

Capability Statement:

Interested qualified organizations should submit a capability statement for this requirement. Statements should include an indication of current business size and a list of available ancillary services. The government would be interested in receiving capabilities information from interested suppliers regarding the following:

  1. Capability to own and operate the plant at VSFB and fully meet the Gaseous Nitrogen specifications. If there are parts of the specification that your company can not meet, please list them.
  2. Capability to perform all the sampling/testing requirements listed in the specifications. If there are sampling/testing that your company cannot perform, please list them.
  3. Capability and willingness to allow government quality assurance inspectors access to supplier production/load-out plant to conduct quality assurance assessments as needed.
  4. Capability for a potential Federal Government Contract, your company must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) SAM.gov | Home. Is your company registered in SAM, and if so, what is your company's cage code and Duns #? If your company is not currently registered in SAM, would you be willing to register in the SAM system?

Information Submission Instructions: All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought notice should be submitted to Kristofer Cowles, II, Contracting Specialist, kristofer.cowles@dla.mil and Willard Ramseur, Contracting Officer, willard.ramseur@dla.mil. All responses must be received by COB 26 Feb 2025.

Disclaimer and Important Notes:

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. Respondents will be added to the prospective offerors list for any subsequent solicitation.

However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality:

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response.


 

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Sources Sought RFI Gaseous Nitrogen Vandenberg SFB.docx DOCX document

Notice history

Notices posted for this opportunity, newest first
Notice Type Posted
Facility Conversion Fee Award Award Notice
SPE60125R0304 GN2 Pipeline VSFB Latest solicitation Solicitation
SPE60125R0304 gaseous nitrogen vandenberg SFB CA Pre-Solicitation
Gaseous Nitrogen for Vandenberg SFB, CA This notice · Original Pre-Solicitation

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