Liquid Argon, Liquid Oxygen & Liquid Nitrogen - Hill AFB, UT

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 future procurement. This notice issued by DLA Energy Aerospace is to identify potential sources and solicit industry to express their capability and interest in providing all the production related facilities, raw materials, supplies, management, tools, equipment and labor necessary for the manufacture of Liquid Argon (LAR), Liquid Oxygen (LOX), and Liquid Nitrogen (LN2, LNA & LNL).

Specification Requirements:

1. Liquid Argon

   • Type II, Grade C, NSN 6830-01-649-9072 shall meet the requirements of CGA G11.1, Argon, Liquid, dated August 9, 2023.
2. Liquid Oxygen
   • Type II, Grade A, NSN 9135-01-665-3259 shall meet the requirements of MIL- PRF-25508J, dated March 2, 2020, Propellant, Oxygen.
3. Liquid Nitrogen
   • Type II, Grade L, NSN 6830-01-666-3654 shall meet the requirements of CGA G- 10.1 dated October 3, 1994.
   • Type II, Grade A, NSN 6830-01-666-3433 shall meet the requirements of Commercial Item Description A-A-59503D, dated October 24, 2019, Nitrogen, Technical.
   • Type II, Grade A, NSN 6830-01-666-3433 shall meet the requirements of Commercial Item Description A-A-59503B, dated October 24, 2019, Nitrogen, Technical.
   • Type II, Grade A, NSN 9135-01-666-3200 shall meet the requirements of MIL-PRF- 27401H dated January 9, 2024.

Potential Location:

• Hill AFB, UT

Anticipated Period of Performance:

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

Estimated Quantities for this potential requirement:

1. LNA – 12,980 Tons
2. LNL – 2,128,000 Pounds
3. LN2 – 311, 900 Gallons
4. LOX – 1,000 Tons
5. LAR – 1,732,000 Pounds

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:

• Capability to fully meet the Liquid Argon, Liquid Oxygen, and Liquid Nitrogen specifications. If there are parts of the specification that your company cannot meet, please list them.
• 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.
• Capability and willingness to allow government quality assurance inspectors access to supplier production/load-out plant to conduct quality assurance assessments as needed.
• 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 Number? 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 Kendra Brown, Contracting Specialist, kendra.brown@dla.mil and Willard Ramseur, Contracting Officer, willard.ramseur@dla.mil. All responses must be received by COB 9 June 2025, no later than 3:00PM CST.

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.