Holston Gases, Inc.

Holston Gases, Inc., headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, supplies industrial gases, specialty gases, welding equipment, and instrumentation services to federal agencies as a small-business prime contractor on purchase orders, delivery orders, and a single-award indefinite delivery contract. The vendor operates as a for-profit corporate entity and competes primarily under full-and-open procurements, with selective total-small-business set-aside awards; 97% of its recent federal footprint is prime work.

Holston Gases' capability portfolio centers on compressed and liquefied industrial gases, welding supplies and equipment, and facility support services. Representative recent work includes a $132,593 firm fixed-price emergency propane supply purchase order awarded by the Federal Medical Center Lexington (Bureau of Prisons) on February 18, 2026, for heating and essential operations at a civilian correctional facility; a $37,312 hydrogen gas supply contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (August 5, 2025) to support twice-daily weather balloon launches at the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Birmingham, Alabama, with biweekly deliveries through August 31, 2028; a $37,450 delivery order from Department of Defense Headquarters Division (May 1, 2026) for specialty gases at Huntsville, Alabama; and a $618,906 welding camp lab services purchase order with the Federal Correctional Institution Edgefield (Bureau of Prisons) supporting the First Step Act vocational program in Tolleson, Arizona (September 18, 2023). The vendor also holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DoD Headquarters Division (April 29, 2026, ceiling $200,000, ultimate completion April 30, 2031) to supply specialty gases on an as-needed basis.

Customer concentration is fragmented across 14 federal agencies. The top five customers by potential value — the Federal Correctional Institution Edgefield ($619 thousand on two awards), Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 9 ($274 thousand on twelve awards), FBI Headquarters Division ($237 thousand on two awards), Federal Medical Center Lexington ($133 thousand on one award), and the Forest Service Job Corps ($49 thousand on four awards) — account for 90% of combined potential value. By award count, Veterans Integrated Service Network 9 leads with twelve awards, followed by Forest Service Job Corps with four, and NOAA, FBI, and BOP Edgefield each with two to three, demonstrating a customer-count concentration (39% of awards) that does not align tightly with dollar concentration.

The vendor's activity trajectory over the past five years shows limited growth: two awards in 2022, three in 2023, one in 2024, three in 2025, and four through August 2026. Combined potential value across all 59 prime and sub awards stands at $1.5 million with $1.3 million obligated (91% of potential). Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $41 thousand), representing modest recompete exposure. Holston Gases holds minimal subcontract exposure: two sub-awards identified, one with Engineering Materials (April 29, 2025) for atmospheric gas separation and analysis laboratory R&D support, and one with Beyond New Horizons, LLC (April 22, 2025) for carbon dioxide supply and evacuation services supporting fire suppression system operations.

Founded in 1958, Holston Gases is a third-generation family-owned independent industrial gas company.

We carry all welding and industrial gases, medical, specialty and laboratory, beverage gases, and propane. We equip ourselves to handle compressed cylinders, bulk facilities, and liquid requirements.

Holston Gases is a full line welding supply company that also carries safety and industrial supplies