Airgas Usa, LLC

Airgas Usa, LLC operates as a prime contractor supplying industrial, medical, and specialty gases — including liquid nitrogen, liquid argon, aviator's breathing oxygen, hydrogen, and propellant pressurization products — to federal agencies through firm fixed-price delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. A foreign-owned, for-profit subsidiary of Airgas Inc., headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the company competes full-and-open across federal agencies with no set-aside designations.

Airgas Usa's customer concentration is extreme: the Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 2,050 awards (92% of the recent footprint) valued at $66.7 million in combined potential value, dwarfing all other customers. NASA Johnson Space Center ranks second at 8 awards worth $10.6 million, the Department of the Army Medical Command third at 25 awards ($4.2 million), the Indian Health Service fourth at 51 awards ($1.8 million), and the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration fifth at 11 awards ($1.3 million). The vendor's dollar concentration tracks the award count — DLA Energy anchors 75% of combined potential value — making it a single-customer-dependent operation within the federal space.

Airgas Usa holds three major parent indefinite delivery vehicles. The Department of Energy awarded a single-award IDIQ on February 1, 2026, valued at $7.01 million through July 31, 2031, supplying industrial, medical, and specialty gases to support DOE operations, with delivery orders already flowing for propellant pressurization, liquid nitrogen, equipment usage, and installation services. TACOM Life Cycle Management Command issued a single-award IDIQ on December 1, 2025, valued at $1.19 million through November 30, 2030, for compressed gases and cylinders supporting DoD maintenance, supply, and logistics; a Year 1 delivery order of $224,711 was issued the same day. NASA Kennedy Space Center awarded a multiple-award IDIQ on October 1, 2025, valued at $4.07 million through September 30, 2027, for liquid and gaseous helium across 13 NASA facilities supporting Space Launch System testing and balloon launch operations, with a $180,144 Johnson Space Center delivery order already placed. Beyond these three recent major vehicles, Airgas Usa places task orders under five additional standing IDIQs managed by DLA Energy (IDCs SPE60121D1500, SPE60117D1555, SPE60120D1513, SP060011D1511, and SPE60116D1527), which collectively account for 1,426 delivery orders valued at $9.1 million.

Recent work exemplifies the vendor's product mix: a $248,064 purchase order (October 1, 2025) from the Defense Health Agency for gaseous and liquid products supporting surgery, anesthesia, laboratory services, and patient care through September 30, 2030; a $563,130 delivery order (February 9, 2026) from DOE for propellant pressurization products; recurring $30,600 orders from DOE for liquid nitrogen (February–April 2026); and a $78,438 modified purchase order (October 30, 2025) from the Federal Correctional Institution El Reno for gas supply extending through September 30, 2026. Medical facilities (federal prisons, Indian Health Service clinics) and military installations represent secondary customer segments; the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield has issued 28 awards totaling $388 thousand for bulk oxygen lease and supply.

Activity has grown year over year from 160 awards in 2022 to 299 in 2024, with 288 awards in 2025 and 102 year-to-date in 2026. Ten awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.3 million — a modest recompete exposure relative to the vendor's $112.5 million overall portfolio. The vendor categorizes primarily under NAICS 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing), with 2,288 awards, and PSC 4140 (Gases: Compressed And Liquefied), with 1,549 awards, reflecting its core business as an industrial gas supplier. Combined obligated dollars across all awards stand at $29.4 million (26% of combined potential value), indicating a significant tail of unfilled or future-year commitments under existing vehicles. The parent entity, Airgas Inc., is a broader conglomerate; no named subsidiaries appear in the federal contract record beyond Airgas Usa, LLC itself.