Liquid Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide deliveries

The Food and Drug Administration's Office of Acquisition and Grant Services seeks delivery of liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide to support laboratory operations, with quotes due May 26, 2026, by 1:00 p.m. Central Time. This is a firm fixed-price commercial items procurement open to full and open competition.

Place of performance is Building WO-64 in Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, with FOB destination and installation included. The solicitation requires liquid nitrogen in 240-liter dewars with digital gauges and carbon dioxide in 50-lb and 20-lb cylinders at estimated frequencies ranging from every two weeks to annually. All tanks must be equipped with functional digital gauges, filled to at least 90% capacity, free from damage, and compliant with certification requirements. Delivery must occur within guaranteed one-hour windows, coordinated by phone at least two business days in advance Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, excluding Federal holidays. The contractor must remove empty cylinders at delivery and ensure all connections are leak-free.

The base performance period runs June 1, 2026, through May 30, 2027, with three optional one-year renewal periods extending through May 30, 2030. Quoters must submit firm pricing through September 30, 2026, detailed technical capability information demonstrating past performance supplying industrial gases within the past three years, and country-of-origin information for Buy American Act compliance. Evaluation weighs technical capability and past performance collectively as more important than price, with price as a significant consideration. The NAICS code is 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,200 employees. Invoices must be submitted electronically through the Treasury Invoice Processing Platform with payment due Net 30 days after government acceptance. Submit quotes to warren.dutter@fda.hhs.gov.