Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Company

Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Company, doing business as Atlantic Safety And Supply, supplies compressed and liquefied industrial gases, medical gases, and gas-delivery equipment to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor — 99% of its recent awards carry prime contracting responsibility. The company is a small business headquartered in Auburn, Maine, registered in SAM since 2001, and owns a subsidiary, Strate Welding Supply Co., Inc.

Maine Oxy operates across the full product suite of industrial gas supply: liquid oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, and related welding and medical gases, along with rental and refurbishment of bulk storage tanks and specialized gas-handling equipment. The vendor competes full-and-open across federal agencies; its awards do not cluster in any single set-aside category. Representative work includes a $205.2 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded October 28, 2022, for bulk liquid nitrogen deliveries to the Kittery, Maine shipyard through November 2027; a $210 thousand single-award indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, awarded December 5, 2022, for liquid oxygen delivery to support cold water aquaculture research in Franklin, Maine, with four delivery orders executed under option years ($25.8 thousand, $35.9 thousand, $42 thousand, and $48 thousand); and a $103.9 thousand blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 1, awarded August 1, 2021, for portable medical-grade liquid oxygen to support VA healthcare operations in Maine through July 2026.

Customer concentration skews heavily to defense and veteran-facing agencies. The top five customers by combined potential value account for 75% of recent award dollars: NAVSEA dominates both by award count (34 awards, $762 thousand combined potential value) and by dollars, followed by the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Assistant for Administration (3 awards, $379 thousand), the USDA Agricultural Research Service (5 awards, $362 thousand), the VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 (6 awards, $329 thousand), and the U.S. Coast Guard (5 awards, $94 thousand). The vendor serves 15 distinct agencies across 149 awards spanning four decades.

Maine Oxy places recurring work on five parent IDIQs: an Army indefinite delivery contract (DAHA2702A0001) with 9 task orders, an Army indefinite delivery contract (W911QY05A0035) with 8 task orders, a GSA blanket purchase agreement (36C24121A0055) with 5 task orders valued at $225 thousand combined, an Army indefinite delivery contract (W912TF08A0500) with 5 task orders valued at $2 thousand combined, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service indefinite delivery contract (12305B23D0002) noted above with 4 delivery orders totaling $152 thousand. Activity has been volatile — seven awards in 2022, three in 2023, six in 2024, three in 2025, and one awarded in early 2026 — though seven awards carrying combined potential value of $507 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore expose the vendor to recompete risk. The vendor holds a single subcontract position: a March 2023 sub-award with Electric Boat Corporation for special hull treatment tile work on a submarine baseline clarification, representing 1% of the vendor's recent award footprint.

Maine Oxy's NAICS profile centers on industrial gas manufacturing (61 of 149 awards) and other chemical and allied products merchant wholesaling (6 awards), with secondary strength in welding equipment manufacturing and metal tank manufacturing. Its PSC footprint aligns tightly: compressed and liquefied gases account for 69 awards, medical gases for 6, and miscellaneous welding equipment for 6. The vendor's business model is transactional — purchase orders, BPA calls, and delivery orders on standing IDIQs — with low average order magnitude and long-tail customer relationships spanning years or decades.

Welding Supplies

Industrial Gases