Linde GMBH

Linde GMBH, a Germany-headquartered for-profit limited liability company, supplies aviator's breathing oxygen, technical nitrogen, and nitric oxide to the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy as a prime contractor (100% of awards) through full-and-open delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts, with no set-aside designations. The vendor registered in SAM.gov in April 2022 and has since received 102 delivery orders and two primary IDVs across three federal agencies, concentrated almost entirely in defense healthcare logistics for overseas military installations.

Linde GMBH's customer base is heavily concentrated in defense medical gas procurement. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy dominates by award count, holding 98 awards valued at $1.5 million combined potential value; the Defense Health Agency accounts for 3 awards worth $430 thousand; and the Department of the Army Medical Command holds 1 award valued at $42.9 thousand. The two customer rankings align perfectly, with no tension between volume and dollar concentration. Across the 102 awards in the source data, the vendor has obligated approximately $377 thousand against a combined potential value of $2 million, indicating early-stage contract utilization.

The vendor's primary contract vehicles reflect its defense medical gas focus. An indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Health Agency (SPE60124D1501), awarded June 14, 2024, with a ceiling of $394.8 thousand and ultimate completion November 9, 2026, has generated 96 task orders valued at $242 thousand combined potential value. Linde GMBH also holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (W9114F19D0007) with the Department of the Army Medical Command, which has produced 3 task orders worth $128 thousand. Most significantly, the vendor was awarded a new single-award indefinite delivery contract by the Department of Energy on May 10, 2026, with a ceiling of $843.9 thousand and ultimate completion May 9, 2031, covering Aviator Breathing Oxygen and Liquid Nitrogen delivery to 12 military locations across Europe—the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Spain, and Portugal—with place of performance spanning 28 government-owned tanks and 3 contractor-owned tanks. This May 2026 award represents a five-year commitment and the largest contract vehicle in Linde GMBH's federal portfolio.

Activity has accelerated markedly since SAM.gov registration. The vendor recorded only 1 award in 2022 and 1 in 2023, then 50 awards in 2024 and 32 in 2025, demonstrating rapid scaling within the Defense Health Agency delivery order cadence. Sixteen awards have been issued year-to-date in 2026, including the new $843.9 thousand European military bases IDV, which anchors the vendor's forward pipeline. Pricing across delivery orders runs consistently as firm fixed-price arrangements, with individual order values typically ranging from $1.3 thousand to $8.3 thousand, representing routine medical gas resupply to military healthcare facilities. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data, positioning it as a direct supplier rather than a teaming player in defense medical logistics.

Linde GMBH competes full-and-open across all 102 awards, with no set-aside utilization. The company's federal footprint centers on a single industrial category—Industrial Gas Manufacturing (NAICS, 102 awards) and Compressed and Liquefied Gases (PSC, 102 awards)—representing a highly specialized supplier role for critical medical and aviation-grade breathing gases in the defense healthcare ecosystem, particularly for overseas installations where supply chain reliability is mission-critical.