Intent to Award Sole/Single Source – RY Bulk Nitrogen - Amendment 1
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- IASSAFRLPZLEQ20250015
- Agency
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Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6830 Gases: Compressed And Liquefied
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio has published a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement to AIRGAS USA, LLC for bulk liquid nitrogen gas delivery services. This is Amendment 1 to the original notice and involves maintaining adequate nitrogen levels for two bulk liquid nitrogen tanks (11,000 and 6,000 gallon capacity) that support mission-essential research equipment operations. The procurement falls under NAICS code 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing) and is structured as a 36-month agreement. The Air Force Research Laboratory's RY complex requires continuous nitrogen supply with telemetry monitoring to prevent tank levels from falling below critical thresholds that could disrupt research operations. The notice emphasizes this is not a request for competitive proposals but rather notification of intended sole source award.
The primary objective is to secure reliable liquid nitrogen supply services that include electronic telemetry monitoring, tank inspections, and maintenance capabilities for government-owned equipment. Interested parties have until August 8, 2025, at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time to submit capability statements, quotations, or exceptions to the sole source determination via email to natasha.randall@us.af.mil with the specific subject line "Notice of Intent SS - Bulk Liquid Nitrogen BPA." The Air Force justifies the sole source approach by stating that AIRGAS is the only local company providing micro bulk tanks with required inspection and maintenance services, including proprietary telemetry devices already installed on the existing tanks. All submissions must be in approved file formats (.PDF, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx) as other formats may be filtered out by Wright-Patterson AFB's email security systems. The government retains full discretion to determine whether responses warrant transitioning to a competitive procurement process.
Notice text
The Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) requires bulk liquid nitrogen gas delivered to AFRL/RY complex as necessary to maintain adequate levels for operation of mission essential research equipment. AFRL/RY utilizes two bulk liquid nitrogen tanks that use telemetry to obtain accurate levels of nitrogen to fill tanks ensuring tanks do not recede 20", leading to potential risk of mission stoppage. This is a new requirement located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio, on an as-needed basis after contract award.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 325120 - Industrial Gas Manufacturing. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/PZLEQ), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, intends to award a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) as authorized by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) to AIRGAS USA, LLC.
To comply with FAR 5.207(c)(15), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: AirGas is the only company found with local micro bulk tanks offering inspections and the required service maintenance portion of AFRL RY's requirement. Please see the attachment(s) to this notice for additional details.
This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources or authorized distributors may submit a capability statement that meets all the requirements in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS), quotation or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government via e-mail to Ms. Natasha Randall at natasha.randall@us.af.mil no later than 08 August 2025 at 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “Notice of Intent SS – Bulk Liquid Nitrogen BPA”. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments by e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or .xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.
Attachment(s):
MRD - Minimum Requirements dated 07.24.2025
MRD Attch - WPAFB Map AreaA&B 2020 noting 20620 location
SSJ - RY Nitrogen BPA
Files
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