Nexair LLC

Nexair LLC, a Memphis, Tennessee-based industrial gas and welding supplies distributor, operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany-headquartered Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. and competes primarily as a full-and-open prime contractor across 42 federal customer agencies. The company maintains 1,323 active prime contracts and IDVs (nearly 100% of its federal footprint) valued at $25.4 million in combined potential value, with $15.1 million obligated across the portfolio as of mid-2026. Nexair does not compete under set-aside categories; all named recent awards carry no set-aside designation, though two historical awards from 2023–2024 were designated Total Small Business set-asides (one to Army Corps of Engineers, one to Defense Health Agency). The company holds corporate parent Linde's foreign-owned, manufacturer-of-goods designation.

Nexair's core capability is supply of compressed industrial, specialty, medical, and bulk gases—nitrogen, oxygen, argon, acetylene, hydrogen, helium, nitrous oxide, and propane—along with welding equipment, cylinders, cylinder rental and maintenance, cryogenic equipment, tank telemetry, and hazmat and delivery services. Representative prime work spans the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (a $990,000 single-award IDC for compressed air and gases through September 2026, with multiple delivery orders valued at $200,000 each for FDA lab operations in Jefferson, Arkansas); the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (a $3.0 million single-award BPA for welding gases and supplies nationwide through August 2028, with nine task orders ranging from $35,000 to $250,000 issued since August 2023); and the Defense Logistics Agency Energy (116 awards totaling $1.6 million for hydrogen propellant and miscellaneous services). Recent 2026 awards include a $196,216 BPA call for a manipulator welding package at Army Corps of Engineers Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis (due June 2026), a $40,000 BPA call for industrial gases at three Corps facilities in Memphis and Elaine, Arkansas (due July 2026), and a $240,000 EPA Region 4 purchase order for bulk nitrogen weekly deliveries to Athens, Georgia through October 2028.

Customer concentration shows heavy civilian and defense logistics exposure. The top five agencies by award count are Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Memphis (252 awards, $1.5 million), Air Education and Training Command (180 awards, $397 thousand), Defense Logistics Agency Energy (116 awards, $1.6 million), FDA (55 awards, $5.3 million), and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (30 awards, $28 thousand). By potential value, the rankings diverge significantly: FDA leads at $5.3 million across 55 awards; Army Corps of Engineers follows with $5.0 million across 20 awards; CDC's Office of Acquisition Services contributes $2.5 million across 21 awards; CDC Pittsburgh contributes $1.9 million across 18 awards; and DLA Energy rounds the top tier at $1.6 million across 116 awards. The concentration block shows coverage of 48% by award count and 65% by potential value among these five customers, indicating a dispersed but deep customer base across federal health, defense, and logistics organizations. NAICS concentration is stark: Industrial Gas Manufacturing dominates with 427 awards, followed by Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (300 awards), with pharmaceutical and healthcare categories trailing. PSC concentration mirrors this profile: Compressed and Liquefied Gases carries 647 awards, Medical and Surgical Instruments 203, Laboratory Equipment 72, Drugs and Biologicals 45, and Miscellaneous Welding Equipment 32.

Nexair's primary vehicle footprint rests on five IDCs and BPAs: Indefinite Delivery Contract W912EQ07A0007 (Army Corps of Engineers, 222 task orders, $535 thousand combined value), Indefinite Delivery Contract FA302215D0001 (Air Force, 140 task orders, $36 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE60117D1508 (140 task orders, $107 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract FA302209A0001 (Air Force, 60 task orders, $48 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract V797P9037 (Defense Health Agency, 26 task orders, $33 thousand). These vehicles dominate the award count, with the Army Corps BPA and Air Force IDCs accounting for over 400 of the 1,328 total awards. Activity has been uneven: 17 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, a steep drop to 7 in 2024, recovery to 13 in 2025, and 3 awards through mid-2026. Within the next twenty-four months, 7 awards (combined potential value $850 thousand) reach ultimate completion, representing recompete exposure concentrated on Army and FDA vehicles.

Nexair maintains five named federal subcontracts: welding gas and equipment under Bechtel National's NASA Space Launch System Mobile Launcher 2 design-and-construction contract (awarded November 2021), ultra-high-purity argon dewars under Kennedy Space Center's Propellants and Life Support Services Contract II (April 2025), hazardous materials management and 3PL services at DLA Cherry Point under Amentum (March 2025), warehousing and storage support at Amentum distribution centers with cylinder maintenance (May 2025), and orbital welder spare parts and consumables under BL Harbert International's Kinshasa, Republic of Congo contract (February 2026). Sub work is negligible relative to the prime footprint—5 sub awards against 1,323 prime awards—and appears opportunistic rather than structural, reflecting Nexair's dominant posture as a direct supplier to federal end-users.